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Item Nr: B 122633 Title: Elephant in the Dark
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Javaherbin, Mina
Length: 32 Prod/Pub: Scholastic Press
Copyright: 2015 Series:
Book Type: FP Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  In this version of "The Blind Men and the Elephant" based on a poem by Rumi, Persian villagers try to figure out what strange animal in a dark barn has arrived from India. Offers a classic story about the folly of a limited perspective or the idea that partial knowledge is a dangerous thing. Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 Adaptations. Perception- Folklore. AR 3.0 RC 2.5 Lexile 630 GR level M IL K-3.

  Subjects:
  445 - ELEPHANTS
  485 - FABLES
  517 - FOLKLORE
  1553 - GRADE 2 (RANDOM ORDER)
  1533 - GUIDED READING LEVEL M
  1676 - LEXILE 600-699
  984 - SENSES AND SENSATION