You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh
By (Author) Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Illustrated by David Tazzyman
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
1st October 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Large land mammals
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
823.92
Paperback
32
Width 245mm, Height 274mm
Chaos at Christmas! Join a whole host of animals in crazy situations as they try to celebrate the festive season. You cant let an elephant pull Santas sleigh, if you want your presents on Christmas Day . . . Hell do his best to tug it up to the sky but the sad fact is elephants cant fly! Raccoons decorating your Christmas tree Pulling crackers with alpacas Kissing a buffalo under the mistletoe Oh no . . . that just wont do! A festive romp featuring all sorts of animals in all sorts of madcap situations, from the bestselling creators of the You Cant Take an Elephant on the Bus series.
delightfully brought to life with David Tazzymans 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 on YOU CANT TAKE AN ELEPHANT ON THE BUS *
The bold, caricature-style illustrations, rhyming couplets and varying font styles add to the humour * Practical Pre-School on YOU CANT TAKE AN ELEPHANT ON THE BUS *
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 on YOU CANT TAKE AN ELEPHANT ON THE BUS *
Patricia Cleveland-Peck lived in France and Ireland before settling in rural Sussex. She has published fourteen childrens books and has also written adult books and plays. She now works as a travel journalist and, with a young granddaughter, she returned to the world of childrens books with the bestselling You Cant Take an Elephant on the Bus. David Tazzyman is the bestselling illustrator of the Mr Gum books (Egmont), which have won a multitude of awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. David grew up in Leicester and studied illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University. The bestselling You Cant Take an Elephant on the Bus was his first picture book for Bloomsbury. He lives in Leicestershire with his partner and their three children.