By Patricia Cleveland-Peck (author) , David Tazzyman (illustrator) Part of the You Can't Let an Elephant... series
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There’s all sorts of useful advice in this picture book. Not only should you not let an elephant drive a digger, it isn’t advisable either to let a polar bear cut your hair, or a seal prepare your meal; and you should never go to the loo with a kangaroo. In fact, it concludes, it’s far more sensible to forget about letting the various animals help and just play with them instead. Each zany situation will have children laughing out loud and they’ll soon be joining in with the lively rhyming text. David Tazzyman’s illustrations inject an extra layer of wild excitement and anarchy, and this deserves to become a huge favourite with readers.
Elephants driving diggers?
Gorillas on scooters?
A shark in the bath?
A kangaroo ... on the loo?
Join in with the fun as an array of improbable creatures tries to be helpful (with hilarious consequences) in this laugh-out-loud picture book.
Praise for You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus:
... delightfully brought to life with David Tazzyman's quirky illustrations and a jaunty rhyming text. You will laugh out loud as tigers ride on trains, whales ride on bikes and giraffes go on aeroplanes Publishers Association
The bold, caricature-style illustrations, rhyming couplets and varying font styles add to the humour Practical Pre-School
Everything that you could wish for in a picture book: humour, ridiculous situations and imagination-stimulating scenarios. Quite frankly, this is picture-book writing and illustration at its very best Being a Mummy
David Tazzyman's scratchy style is a great match to this scatty, surprising picture book Books for Keeps
Chaotic, crazy, fabulously funny and full of humorously energetic illustrations, this is a book that promises to evoke giggles of glee from readers fortunate enough to come across it Eye, Eye
Patricia Cleveland-Peck lived in France and Ireland before settling in rural Sussex. She has published fourteen children's books and has also written adult books and plays.
She now works as a travel journalist but with a young granddaughter has returned to the world of children's books with the bestselling You Can't Take an Elephant on a Bus.
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Elephants driving diggers? Gorillas on scooters?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Digger and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Digger features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Books for Babies and Toddlers
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You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Digger was written by Patricia Cleveland-Peck and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Digger has 32 pages
Yes it is part of You Can't Let an Elephant... series
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