ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET!
written by Anushka Ravishankar and illustrated by Christiane Pieper
(Tara Publishing, tarabooks.com, £10.99)
This book has beautiful paper, wonderful design and distinctive images. There's an engaging and rhythmical language, and a surprise ending too.
The story begins with a baby elephant becoming separated from its parent during a storm. After a bad encounter with some aggressive monkeys, the elephant makes friends with a bunch of water buffalo. Playful language conveys the mood: 'The elephant thought/He could stay with them/Maybe even play with them?/With a baby buffalo/He tumbled and wallowed/BELLOW!' When the buffalo are scared away by a marauding tiger, they bring the elephant too, and he comes to help them in turn.
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