This reader is a combination of nonfiction and graphic format. Some copies may be the hardcover Fitzgerald Books edition. Includes chronology and index.
Contents:
Alexander arrives (graphic) -- Wild stallion (nonfiction) -- The magic snake (graphic) -- War elephants (nonfiction) -- The clever plan (graphic) -- The Greek world (nonfiction) -- The battle begins (graphic) -- Ancient India (nonfiction) -- Like a king (graphic) -- Alexander the Great (nonfiction) -- The legend lives on (nonfiction)
Summary:
Shaam is a very small elephant who dreams of becoming the lead elephant in the army of King Porus of India. Meanwhile a fearsome conqueror, Alexander the Great, is planning to attack. Will Shaan and his elephant army be able to defend their homeland.
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