Emily's Own Elephant

by Philippa Pearce

Book Overview

When the zoo is unable to keep a miniature elephant, Emily and her parents make a home for it and its monkey friend in their lovely meadow with a river running by. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688076785
• ISBN13: 9780688076788
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Simpler Time

"Emily's Own Elephant" by Philippa Pearce is a truly heart-warming children's story, beautifully enhanced by John Lawrence's wonderful illustrations. It tells of life in a simpler time, where children play and dream and anything is possible.Emily is a little girl who lives with her parents on a property in rural England. One day she and her mother visit the zoo in London to see the different animals. Just as they are about to leave the Children's zoo, Emily learns that the zookeeper is in a terrible predicament with Jumbo, the baby elephant. A concerned and caring Emily devises a plan and, with her mother's support, sets out to help Jumbo and the zookeeper, and in the end helps her father too."Emily's Own Elephant" is a lovely book for children aged 3 to 8 years, and of course their parents! But parents be warned - as soon as the story is finished your child will want you to read it to them over and over. And I'm guessing that with such a lovely story, you will want to read it again too.