Elephant Island
$25.46
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2022
Summary
A shipwrecked elephant makes his tiny island a home for the many friends who come to the rescue, in the new picture book from an award-winning author.
Selected for The New York Times Best Children’s Books 2022
Caught in a storm, Arnold the elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dingy and Arnold steps aboard…uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here’s Dog—can this boat take Arnold’s weight? Uh-oh!
None of the animals ca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776574346 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776574346 |
| Author: | Leo Timmers |
| Publisher: | Gecko Press |
| Imprint: | Gecko Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 432g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 216mm x 287mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-6 |
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Critics Review
“Yet another triumphant experiment for the award-winning Timmers.”
– The New York Times, Best Children’s Books of 2022“This light-tension, winking tale of a makeshift homecoming is sure to delight audiences at story time.”
– Foreword Reviews, starred“A refutation for anyone who thinks their island is too full to accommodate outsiders.”
– The Times, Children’s Book of the Week“The tender yet dynamic verbal and visual narrative never falters in this engaging picture book.”
– Booklist“A picture book tribute to the power of collective, constructive play, and to heeding the call to freedom.”
– Publishers Weekly“From endpapers to assemblages, Belgian Leo Timmers never ceases to delight.”
– The Listener, Top Children’s Books of 2022“A fascinating and funny tale.”
– The Scotsman“The sheer inventiveness of the entire endeavor is to be commended. Come for the elephant. Stay for his island.”
– Betsy Bird, USLeo Timmers
Leo Timmers was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics and later trained in graphic design. He illustrates for magazines and newspapers and has released many successful picture books. He has a large following as one of Belgium’s pre-eminent picture book artists.
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