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This children's book was inspired a by a true event of animal heroism, in 2003, when eleven elephants rescued a herd of antelope that were held in a boma, an African animal enclosure, within the Thula Thula game reserve in Africa. The elephant that led the real-life rescue is, indeed, named “Nana,” and she skillfully unlatched the gate of the enclosure to release the antelope.

Reading Group Guide

This guide is a free companion to the book, to aid a discussion with children. The guide promotes reading-retention skills and associative reasoning. Children can easily identify the associations to subtopics and underlying messages. The question & answer discussion covers the subtopics of geography, social groups, natural resources, asking for help, planning, the value of freedom, the bonds of friendship, cooperation. The open discussion section provides a method to openly discuss the need for conservation and make associations between endangerment, extinction, and conservation.