Elephant Boy of Burma Author:Robert R. Harry Sr., Matthew Kalmenoff (Illustrator) Poo Ban wishes fervently to join the team of loggers who work with their elephants for an English company. The death of his father in a combat with a vicious tiger has given the twelve year old boy a sense of responsibility, and it is with diligence that he has trained the spirited baby elephant, Golden One, to help him in his tasks as man of th... more »e family. The elephant, high strung and frisky, causes his master much anxiety, but finally, under Poo Ban's devoted care he not only wins himself a place on the team, but destroys the tiger who has killed Poo Ban's father.
A good story, interesting detail on Burmese jungle life, and a fascinating depiction of the nature and training of elephants makes this a well rounded and highly readable book.« less