You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh by Patricia Cleveland-Peck

You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh by Patricia Cleveland-Peck

By Patricia Cleveland-Peck (author) , David Tazzyman (illustrator) Part of the You Can't Let an Elephant... series

"More laugh-out-loud, invaluable advice from a favourite picture book team "

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Planning your Christmas celebrations? This laugh-out-loud picture book could help you avoid making what could be catastrophic errors.

Don’t for example, be tempted to let racoons decorate your tree; fast and agile they may be, but they don’t understand that baubles are fragile.

At all costs, avoid asking a nanny goat to help unwrap your presents; she’ll rip them open, then eat the lot.

Want your Christmas dinner on time? Then don’t let a wildebeest into the kitchen.

There’s more invaluable, and hilarious advice where this came from, delivered across double pages in the sharpest rhyming text and in David Tazzyman’s wildly energetic illustrations. A new classic in this hugely popular series.

Chaos at Christmas! Join a whole host of animals in silly situations as they try to celebrate the festive season.

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You can't let an elephant pull Santa's sleigh, if you want your presents on Christmas Day . . . He'll do his best to tug it up to the sky but the sad fact is - elephants can't fly!

Raccoons decorating your Christmas tree? Pulling crackers with alpacas? Kissing a buffalo under the mistletoe? Oh no . . . that just won't do! A festive romp featuring all sorts of animals in all sorts of madcap situations, from the bestselling creators of You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus.

'Fantastic festive fun from a superbly silly series!' - Caryl Hart, bestselling picture book author

'A lively, bouncy rhyme that will bring on lots of festive giggles!' - Claire Freedman, bestselling author of the Underpants series

'Wonderfully wacky Christmassy chaos, full of festive fun!' - Simon Philip, award-winning author of You Must Bring a Hat

'A brilliantly bonkers story featuring buffalo, raccoons and a hungry nanny goat. What can go wrong?' - Clare Helen Welsh, award-winning author of Poo! Is that You?

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

'A riotously good read! From the zippy rhymes to the hilarious illustrations, this book is a festive feast!' - Mel Taylor-Bessent, author of The Christmas Carrolls & director of Authorfy

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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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-6 years old

You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Festive Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Funny, Animal Stories, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Books of the Month

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You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh was written by Patricia Cleveland-Peck and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh has 32 pages

Yes it is part of You Can't Let an Elephant... series

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