A shipwrecked elephant makes his tiny island a home for the many
friends who come to the rescue, in the new picture book from 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 dingy 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-oh! None of the animals can save the
shipwrecked elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials
for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a
Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker. All the animals work as
a team to build increasingly intricate constructions that turn the
desert island into a fun park city. Soon there is a whole community
and enough space for everyone! As with all Leo Timmers picture
books, Elephant Island has many layers of discovery. Tapping into
the childhood pleasure of contraptions, this cheerful picture book
is full of complex and playful visual detail and humour that Leo
Timmers' readers love. Preschoolers who enjoy Meccano and Lego will
find joy on every page with the creation of each new imaginative
construction, packed with mechanical detail on bright double page
spreads. Elephant Island is a runaway hit in Europe. Other books by
Leo Timmers: Monkey On The Run Where Is The Dragon? Who's Driving?
Gus's Garage Franky Bang! Praise for Elephant Island: "This
light-tension, winking tale of a makeshift homecoming is sure to
delight audiences at story time." Foreword Reviews, Starred "A
picture book tribute to the power of collective, constructive play,
and to heeding the call to freedom." Publishers Weekly Praise for
Leo Timmers: Where Is The Dragon? "A lilting Seussian singsong,
with wonderful, surprising rhymes, and little readers and their
grown-ups will have a great time combining their voices and
giggling through the proceedings." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Monkey
On The Run "The silly antics of the little monkey provide forward
momentum, but the details in each illustration kept calling us back
for a more thorough examination." - A New York Times / New York
Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book 2019 Gus's Garage
"Clearly, one animal's clutter is another pig's livelihood in this
buoyant, rhyming tale." -The New York Times Who's Driving? "Belgian
illustrator Leo Timmers creates a delightful play on the fable of
"The Tortoise and the Hare", which sees the hare driving a racing
car." - The Telegraph, Book of the Year 2020 Franky "On top of
delivering a tender, funny friendship story, Timmers leaves readers
with the impression that Sam's creativity and faith have allowed
him to tap into a truth far bigger than himself." - Publishers
Weekly Bang! "Watching vehicles bash into one another is a
perennial rib-tickler for kids, and Timmers exploits this with a
marvellously loony series of fender benders... Timmers never
skimps, painting with devoted attention every automotive detail and
gleam in every chicken's eye, and providing a plausible cause for
every new accident." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
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