BOOK REVIEW: HAPPY WORLD ELEPHANT DAY!

​Let’s celebrate World Elephant Day by reading a book about a worldly elephant named Arnold in:

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TITLE: ELEPHANT ISLAND

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Leo Timmers

PUBLISHER: Gecko Press/2022

OPENING LINES:

​Arnold had always been a seafaring elephant.
He considered the sea his friend, but one day a boisterous wave sank his boat.
Luckily, Arnold had a built-in snorkel.
After many hours, he bumped into a tiny island.

This book is pure fun! The story of an elephant’s shipwreck begins even before the text does. When the reader opens to the title page, they will see Arnold paddling his boat with an expression that can only be described as pure panic. Turn to the first page and you see the aftermath of the “boisterous wave” that sank his boat. Luckily, Arnold finds a “tiny island” which is basically a rock about the size of his feet. In the following pages, Arnold continues to have mishaps, but he manages to salvage his situation, eventually expanding his “island” to accommodate all the friends he makes along the way. If you like tongue-and-cheek humor, cut-paper collage illustrations, expressive characters (it’s all in the eyes!), and stories about the high seas, shipwrecks, friendships, creativity, imagination, perseverance, resilience, and kindness, then this is the book for you!
 
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