Tulika-Uncle Nehru, Please Send An Elephant! Book for Kids (English)
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Here are some details about Uncle Nehru, Please Send An Elephant! by Devika Cariapa:
Author : Devika Cariapa
Illustrator : Satwik Gade
Illustrator : Satwik Gade
- Publisher: Tulika Books
- ISBN: 8194981778
- Length: 32 pages
- Language: English
- Story: A picture book about children from around the world writing to Prime Minister Nehru to request elephants One day, when Prime Minister Nehru opened his overstuffed mail bag, out tumbled hundreds of colourfully decorated letters — from children in Japan! “We have never seen a live elephant,” they said. “Could you kindly send us one from India?” This exuberant picture book takes readers across land and sea to tell how Indira, Ambika, Murugan and others became India’s BIG gifts to the world.
- Themes: The book highlights India's post-independence struggles with poverty, food, and infrastructure. It also explains how being displaced from their natural habitats affects elephants.
- Real-life anecdotes: The book includes real-life anecdotes about elephants that were sent as diplomatic gifts from India to other countries
