The Strictly No Elephants & The Trouble with Giraffes Boxed Set: Strictly No Elephants; The Trouble with Giraffes
By (Author) Lisa Mantchev
Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
Simon & Schuster
Paula Wiseman Books
16th September 2025
Boxed Set
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Hardback
64
Width 229mm, Height 254mm, Spine 5mm
Children and their unusual pets celebrate belonging and friendship in the bestselling and internationally beloved Strictly No Elephants and its companion The Trouble with Giraffesnow available together in one hardcover boxed set!
On Pet Club day, there will be cats and dogs and fish, but strictly no elephants are allowed. Its up to a boy and his tiny pet elephant to show them pets come in all shapes and sizes and what it means to be a true friend in Strictly No Elephants.
In The Trouble with Giraffes, a girls pet giraffe is too tall for the clubhouse, but the Pet Club members come together to find a way for himand everyoneto be included.
This charming hardcover boxed set includes:
Strictly No Elephants
The Trouble with Giraffes
Lisa Mantchev is the author of many picture books, including the internationally acclaimedStrictly No Elephants and The Trouble with Giraffes, both illustrated by Taeeun Yoo;Remarkables, illustrated by David Litchfield; andSomeday, Narwhal, illustrated by Hyewon Yum. Lisa lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Learn more at LisaMantchev.com.
Taeeun Yoo has twice received the prestigiousNew York TimesBest Illustrated Childrens Book Award. She has illustrated many books, includingStrictly No Elephantsby Lisa Mantchev, which has been published in fourteen countries.The New York Timescalled it a sunny, smart, tongue-in-cheek tale. She is also the illustrator ofKitten and the Night Watchmanby John Sullivan, which received five starred reviews and was named a best book of the year by many publications. Her other books includeSo Many DaysandOnly a Witch Can Fly, both by Alison McGhee, andRoundby Joyce Sidman. Taeeun was also the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Society of Illustrators Founders Award. She lives in South Korea with her family.