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Using fiction to smash stereotypes 21/03/25
The Slightly Annoying Elephant
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
When a ginormous blue elephant arrives on Sam's doorstep and announces he's come to stay, Sam is very surprised. Then he remembers completing a form to 'adopt an elephant' at the zoo, never dreaming it would actually turn up at his door. The elephant soon proves to be a very irritating house-guest, demanding food, making a mess and taking over the TV remote. Sam regrets ever having filled out the 'adopt an elephant' form now that he has an annoying elephant to put up with - not to mention all of his friends and relations.
Bestselling author David Walliams turns his hand to picture books for the first time in this thoroughly entertaining story, brilliantly illustrated by Tony Ross, who perfectly captures Walliams' wicked sense of humour. Children will be especially delighted by the unpleasant elephant (who is surely much more than just 'slightly' annoying) and joining in with his regular refrain of 'Silly Boy!'
What you thought...
Average rating:
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Lili, 13 February 2021
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Unpleasant
Tom, 11 February 2020
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It was very good.
EP6, 13 August 2014
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I love David Walliams books!!!!!
carter, 27 April 2014
Ugh, I don’t like this book. It’s not a nice story - the elephant is rude and keeps calling the boy “silly boy”. And linguistically it doesn’t read very well. “I’m hungry,” demanded the elephant. How is that a demand? I changed so much of the content reading it to my 3 year old.