Caitlin O'Connell

With in-the-field photographs, this photo essay brings young children to the African scrub desert to witness how a baby elephant survives in the wild.

"In a world of modern technology where we find ourselves living at a greater distant from nature and each other, Wild Rituals shows us the profound ways we are similar to the wild creatures that captivate us. Through the lens of the animal kingdom, this remarkable book journeys into the desert, tundra, and rainforest to reveal the importance of rituals within the inner lives of wild animals, and how those same traditions can make us naturally more...