Elephant Island, 9781776574353
Paperback
Shipwrecked elephant builds a community of friends on a tiny island.

Elephant Island

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  • Paperback

    44 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2022

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Summary

A Home for Everyone: The Story of Elephant Island

A shipwrecked elephant makes his tiny island a home for the many friends who come to the rescue, in the new picture book from a New York Times Illustrated Book Award winning author.

Caught in a storm, Arnold the elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dinghy and Arnold steps aboard…uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here’s Dog—can this boat take Arnold’s weight? Uh-…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781776574353
ISBN-10:1776574354
Author:Leo Timmers, James Brown
Publisher:Gecko Press
Imprint:Gecko Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:44
Release Date:1 September 2022
Weight:224g
Dimensions:280mm x 210mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Yet another triumphant experiment for the award-winning Timmers.”

– The New York Times, Best Children’s Books of 2022

“This light-tension, winking tale of a makeshift homecoming is sure to delight audiences at story time.”

– Foreword Reviews, starred

“A refutation for anyone who thinks their island is too full to accommodate outsiders.”

– The Times, Children’s Book of the Week

“The tender yet dynamic verbal and visual narrative never falters in this engaging picture book.”

– Booklist

“A picture book tribute to the power of collective, constructive play, and to heeding the call to freedom.”

– Publishers Weekly

“From endpapers to assemblages, Belgian Leo Timmers never ceases to delight.”

– The Listener, Top Children’s Books of 2022

“A fascinating and funny tale.”

– The Scotsman

“The sheer inventiveness of the entire endeavor is to be commended. Come for the elephant. Stay for his island.”

– Betsy Bird, US

About The Author

Leo Timmers

Leo Timmers was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics and later trained in graphic design. He illustrates for magazines and newspapers and has released many successful picture books. He has a large following as one of Belgium’s pre-eminent picture book artists.

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