"Oxford Reds" is our first major super series for newly confident readers. Each book is on a real life subject, with a simple lively text and richly coloured, realistic illustrations. An elephant has only four teeth. Each tooth is as big as a brick and as rough as a cheese grater! Did you know that an elephant wears out six sets of teeth in its life time? Elephants love mud, partly because, although their skin is two centimetres thick, it burns easily in the sun. Mud is like sun cream for elephants!

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reds .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Paul May is a teacher and keen footballer with two children. His first book for the Transworld lists, TROUBLEMAKERS, was shortlisted for the inaugural Branford Boase Award