Page 3 - Mela and the Elephant

For: Mom and Dad with love
—D. P.

To my Dad and Mum, who I can never thank enough for their great love
—Z. C.

Text Copyright © 2018 Dow Phumiruk • Illustration Copyright © 2018 Ziyue Chen • All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher,
except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews and articles. • All inquiries should be addressed to: • 2395 South Huron Parkway, Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 •
www.sleepingbearpress.com, © Sleeping Bear Press • Printed and bound in the United States • 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Names: Phumiruk, Dow, author.
• Chen, Ziyue, illustrator. • Title: Mela and the elephant • written by Tiemdow Phumiruk ; illustrated by Ziyue Chen. • Description: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2018] • Summary: “Mela ends up in
trouble when her little boat is swept into the dense jungle. She offers each animal she meets a prize for helping her find her way home, but the animals take their rewards without helping--then an elephant
shows Mela that kindness is its own reward”-- Provided by publisher. Includes facts about Thailand. • Identifiers: LCCN 2017029811 • ISBN 9781585369980 • Subjects: CYAC: Kindness--Fiction. • Lost
children--Fiction. • Jungles--Fiction. • Jungle animals--Fiction. • Elephants--Fiction. • Thailand--Fiction. • Classification: LCC PZ7.1.P53 Mel 2018 • DDC [E]--dc23 • LC record available at https://lccn.loc.
gov/2017029811