What Elephants Know

Fourth & fifth grade students across Berkeley are telling me that What Elephants Know is the best book they've read all year. They feel like they're right alongside Nandu as he rides his elephant Devi Kali into the jungle of Nepal. Kids are responding to this as an adventure story, a call to action......more

WHAT ELEPHANTS KNOW by Eric Dinerstein tells the compelling story of a boy living in the Nepalese Borderlands. Abandoned as a toddler, Nandu grows up in the King’s elephant stable. When the government threatens to shut down their operation, twelve-year-old Nandu must convince his adopted father to tu......more

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 5.0 of 5 I read/review approximately 200 books a year but very few of them are as simply beautiful as What Elephants Know, by Eric Dinerstein. Nandu is a child, abandoned in the jungle of the Borderlands of Nepal and watched over by a......more

I have to say that having met Eric, at a pre-publication dinner, I can no longer be objective about this book. It was a privilege to meet him and I am filled with gratitude for his work and his desire to share his love with the younger generation. This is a charming, story of a young boy in Nepal in......more

Another one of those tug-at-your-heart animal books. The story takes place in the Nepalese Borderlands. Young Nandu was abandoned in the jungle and raised by wild dogs until Subba-sahib and Devi Kali found him. Now, he lives and works at the King's elephant stable. He has a passion for the elephants......more