Safari day dawns on the savanna. The African light gives the sky colors seen nowhere else on Earth. Soon, an amazing array of wild animals are yawning, screeching, and growling to life. Meet the elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, hippos, and the laughing hyenas of the wilderness and find out who’s friends with whom and why! National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information. Gail Tuchman  has had a dual career as a publishing industry executive and a prolific writer of children's fiction and nonfiction. She has long been involved in early reading programs both as a publisher and an author, and has developed several of Scholastic's evergreen product lines for the educational market. Gail lives in New York City.