Dede the Baby Circus Elephant

About the Book

Dede is a baby elephant that is born into the circus. Dede is very curious to learn all about the circus. She is absolutely amazed of what the performers, including her mother, are able to do. Her mother, Massa, teaches her daughter, Dede, everything she knows about being in a circus. Massa, Dede’s mother, explains that the elephants play an important role during the circus. Although the mother is performing in the circus, she would often describe to her baby about the beauty and joy of her life in Africa. The baby elephant closely watches her mother’s every move while performing in the circus. After Massa informs Dede about the excitement of being in the circus, Dede hopes to one day entertain others in the circus, just like her mother.

About the Author

Miatta Harris, MA, is a Special Educator. As a child and adolescent, she has written many creative stories and poems. But as she entered adulthood, the writing stopped. She always had a passion for working with children. She enjoys helping scholars attain their goals and empowering them to reach their full potential. In her first teaching job, she was a Headstart teacher in Baltimore, Maryland. She was surrounded with emergent literacy and children’s books, and her love for writing had returned. She delivers relevant, engaging, and rigorous lessons using various instructional strategies in the classroom setting. But the learning and teaching for Miatta Harris does not end in the classroom. She often fosters creativity with her students through the arts, whether it’s through dance, song, or poetry. Miatta Harris is also a poet/spoken word artist. When she was faced with many trials and obstacles, writing became her only outlet. She writes from a standpoint of strength, resilience, peace, and perseverance. The challenges that she has encountered in her adulthood has strengthen her desires as a writer. She writes from personal experiences and shares them with others with the hopes of inspiring them. She often performs her poems throughout Maryland and Washington, DC. She is a resident of Maryland.