David McKee's Elmer books are popular with both staff and students.
If you're not familiar with Elmer, he's a patchwork coloured elephant who lives in the jungle. The Elmer stories are fun and well written.
We've just reordered some titles which were missing, and one of them seems especially relevant to us here in Thailand as it touches on the issue of elephant hunting. Even though it's something we might not think about a lot, it does happen here.
The story is called Elmer on stilts.
The elephant hunters are coming!
Elmer has an idea - they can hide on stilts. Nobody expects to see elephants above them.
When their plan goes wrong, the elephants land on the frightened hunters.
Scared by the falling elephants, the bad guys decide to run away.
It's a nice story, and funny in parts. It also provides a good starting point for everyone who reads it to think about animals and how they can be affected by problems like poaching.
There are some organisations working to help elephants. You can read more about why poaching happens on the eleaid website.
