Tonga : The African Elephant Story

As only a young, curious elephant can, Tonga's enthusiasm to see the wild hippos, lions, and zebras in her native Africa has her bounding out of bed early one morning.But as she and her two friends uncover the secrets of the wild, she finds that things are not exactly as they seem.A black bear, splashing around for fish and a whitetailed deer, drinking out of a lake throws her for a loop. Where is Tonga, exactly? And can she be happy in a place that is similar, but not exactly like her homeland?

Debbie Buttar currently resides with her husband and their young son, as well as stepson and stepdaughter on their farm in Huntersville, North Carolina.Debbie is inspired by animals and places that help them. Tonga, her first book, was inspired by an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee after she told her young ones a similar version as a bedtime story. Llama Sounds? was inspired by Bruce their llama.The animals on their farm include horses, miniature donkey's, llama's, goats, pot belly pigs, dogs, a cat and a bunny.