Elephant Quest

* "[T]he Lewins share their four-day search to observe African elephants firsthand. The enthusiastic, conversational text, vivid with descriptive detail, relates each morning and late-afternoon venture within the Moremi Reserve in Botswana. Elephants elude them the first three days and the beginning of the fourth, but they encounter hippos, lions, kudus, wild dogs, warthogs, Cape buffalo, and giraffes aplenty. Then on day four–success. . . . In a pool deep in the mopane scrub, the giants of this garden squeal and splash and flap their ears. . . . The small field sketches, providing visual details of their adventure, are a perfect complement to the lush, realistic watercolor spreads of the wildlife in their habitat. . . . A winner that transports the reader to an unfamiliar locale full of wonder."

"Botswana's Moremi Reserve, with its grasslands muddy and lush from flooding rains, is the setting for the Lewins' latest wildlife quest. . . . Though the authors and their guide are shown briefly, the emphasis is strictly on the splendid animals encountered each day. The richness of landscape is only broadly suggested in the bright, hazy scenes. Bits of drama unfold as the authors describe the tensions between predators and their prey. . . . An introductory map, two informative concluding pages of elephant facts, and an index round out this beautifully rendered introduction to the region's wildlife and ecology that is also a tantalizing adventure story."