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Singing with Elephants
Margarita Engle
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-20669-0
Keywords: Cuba, veterinarians, animal abuse, writing, animal advocacy, Santa Barbara, California, grandmothers and grandchildren, LGBTQ+, bullying, English language, Spanish language, Chile
In 1947, Cuban immigrant Oriol learns to write poetry from Gabriela Mistral, famous poet and diplomat, who assists her campaign to reunite an elephant with its family. In verse. Back matter.