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The Elephant & the Bad Baby" is the classic story from Elfrida Vipont & Raymond Briggs. The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride & they go 'rumpeta rumpeta rumpeta down the road.' They help themselves to ice creams pies buns crisps biscuits lollipops & apples & the shopkeepers follow them down the road shouting & waving. All ends well as the Bad Baby learns to say ' Please' & his mother makes pancakes for everyone. Elfrida Vipont worked as a teacher singer & writer. She wrote over 30 books & won the Carnegie Medal in 1950 for Lark on the Wing. Raymond Briggs has produced wonderful children's books including the classic titles " The Snowman" " Father Christmas" & " When the Wind Blows"
- all made into immensely successful films. Raymond lives in Sussex. Look out for these other titles by Raymond Briggs: The Snowman; The Elephant & the Bad Baby; Father Christmas; Fungus the Bogeyman; Raymond Briggs' Christmas Little Library; The Father Christmas it's a Bloomin' Terrible Joke Book; Jim & the Beanstalk; Father Christmas Goes on Holiday."
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The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride & they go rumpeta rumpeta rumpeta down the road." They help themselves to ice creams pies buns crisps biscuits lollipops & apples & the shopkeepers follow them down the road shouting & waving. All ends well as the Bad Baby learns to say Please & his mother makes pancakes for everyone." ...
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Ravi is fascinated by his grandfather's stories of India & descriptions of a sun like a ferocious tiger wind like a wild horse & monsoon rains which cascade like waterfalls from the sky. Ravi also loves to hear the story of Divaali where the parading elephants play a key role & dreams of having an elephant dance to the sound of his flute. This is a beautifully written exploration of India through the conversation between a grandparent & grandchild & also has informative endnotes on Indian culture animals & peoples. ...
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Peek-a-boo I see you
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A thrilling & moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion... By the award-winning former Children's Laureate & author of War Horse. Dresden 1945. Elizabeth & Karli's mother works at the zoo where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals
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- must be shot before the town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up their mother moves her into the back garden to save her...and then the bombs start to fall. Their home destroyed the whole family must flee the bombed-out city & through the perilous snow-covered landscape all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do without an elephant in tow...

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Its been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite
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It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite
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When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival
- notorious escape artists they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agreed but before arrangements for the move could be completed the animals broke out again & the matriarch & her baby were shot. The remaining elephants were traumatised & very angry. As soon as they arrived at Thula Thula they started planning their escape... As Lawrence battled to create a bond with the elephants & save them from execution he came to realise that they had a lot to teach him about love loyalty & freedom. Set against the background of life on the reserve with unforgettable characters & exotic wildlife this is a delightful book that will appeal to animal lovers everywhere.
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Illustrated stories cover four important feelings (happiness sadness fear & anger) with a gentle & sweet approach. A happy hippo an angry tiger a sad zebra & a scared elephant allow young children to understand & learn to cope with these emotions. ...
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Its the first day of the December school holidays & Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks not least spending time with Jemmy her beloved white giraffe & her best friend Ben. But her plans for a peaceful holiday are soon shattered when a sinister man informs Martine & her grandmother that Sabuwona is about to be repossessed. The nature reserve & everything in it will no longer belong to them. Martine is determined to save the home shes grown to love. When Grace has a vision about a unique herd of Namibian elephants she knows she must travel to Namibia to learn their secrets. This could be the answer to all their troubles.. . The fourth thrilling African adventure written with all the zest & skill that has endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE DOLPHIN SONG & THE LAST LEOPARD. ...
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Elephant Song

The rangers closed in firing steadily. Within minutes all the adult animals were down. Only the calves still raced in bewildered circles stumbling over the bodies of the dead and dying. Six minutes after the first shot a silence fell over the killing ground on Long Vlei.. .In the blinding light of Zimbabwe's Chiwewe National Park Dr Daniel Armstrong world-famous TV naturalist films the slaughter of a herd of elephant. In London anthropologist Kelly Kinnear is forced into violent confrontation with the shareholders of the most powerful conglomerate in the City of London warning them of the destruction of an African country. Now the time has come to act. Together Armstrong and Kinnear forge a passionate alliance - and begin the fight against the forces of greed evil and corruption attacking
a land they would both give their lives to save.. .Combining breathtaking realism and thrilling suspense the world's master storyteller takes us on a journey deep into the heart of a wild magnificent continent threatened forever by the destructive hand of man.
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The rangers closed in firing steadily. Within minutes all the adult animals were down. Only the calves still raced in bewildered circles stumbling over the bodies of the dead & dying. Six minutes after the first shot a silence fell over the killing ground on Long Vlei.. . In the blinding light of Zimbabwe's Chiwewe National Park Dr Daniel Armstrong world-famous TV naturalist films the slaughter of a herd of elephant. In London anthropologist Kelly Kinnear is forced into violent confrontation with the shareholders of the most powerful conglomerate in the City of London warning them of the destruction of an African country. Now the time has come to act. Together Armstrong & Kinnear forge a passionate alliance
- & begin the fight against the forces of greed evil & corruption attacking a land they would both give their lives to save.. . Combining breathtaking realism & thrilling suspense the world's master storyteller takes us on a journey deep into the heart of a wild magnificent continent threatened forever by the destructive hand of man.

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