title: The Memory of an Elephant: An Unforgettable Journey
author:  Sophie Strady 
description: Gr 14Readers first find Marcel, an elderly elephant, getting ready for his job as a writer for an encyclopedia to hold all of his vast knowledge. In his office are several mysterious packages, the largest containing a tuba. Holding the instrument, Marcel reminisces about his years as a jazz musician and then about the many other occupations he has held throughout his long life. He later remembers that it is his birthday, and all of his animal friends have been hiding in his office to celebrate with him. Tying the story together are facts about elephants as well as Marcel's encyclopedia entries, with each full-page of entries and pictures focusing on a particular subject related to the story on the previous page. The narrative, as well as the entries, can be rather dense, but these pages of facts make this book perfect for browsing, as readers will instantly get lost in Marcel's world of information. Martin's art deco-inspired style complements the various nods to fashion and culture of previous decades. This oversize book would certainly make for an interesting addition for some collections.Peter Blenski, Greenfield Public Library, WI
zlib_text: **The Poor Relation**
  
   **Margaret Chesney**
  
  Copyright © 2013 RosettaBooks LLC
  
  For Margaret Donnelly  
  with love
  
   **CONTENTS**
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  About the Author
  
   _ **Chapter One**_
  
  Amaryllis Duvane stood patiently amid the noise and bustle of Exeter Exchange
  in London’s Strand and waited for Miss Agatha Warburton and Miss Cissie
  Warburton to complete their purchases.
  
  A small bright memory fluttered through her head; a memory of coming here with
  her father in happier days, gazing in wonder at the beefeaters in their gaudy
  livery, at the bats, balls, kites, and hoops of the toyshop; sniffing the
  sugary smells from piles of Bath buns, blancmanges, jellies, tartlets, and
  sponge cakes; deafened by the roars and screeches from the famous Royal
  Menagerie of lions, tigers, monkeys, panthers, and birds.
  
  And then the memory was gone as Amaryllis Duvane, a drab figure against all
  the kaleid-osco