(Elephants are such sensitive creatures. It breaks my heart that they are often victims of human cruelty: circuses.com.)
On a lighter note, here is another fascinating story about two animals in love: And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, with illustrations by Henry Cole.
Richardson, Justin, Peter Parnell, and Henry Cole. And Tango Makes Three. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005.
Sadly, it is one of the most challenged books in America.
