| The Right Number of Elephants Contributor(s): Sheppard, Jeff (Author), Bond, Felicia (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064432998 ISBN-13: 9780064432993 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1992 Annotation: How many elephants would you need to pull a train out of a tunnel? Jeff Sheppard transforms a highly original daydream into an unusual counting book--"a joyous twist on the counting-book concept".--School Library Journal. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Counting & Numbers - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Elephants |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90004148 |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 9.83" W x 8.78" (0.31 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In] a joyous twist on the counting-book concept, a girl decides how many elephants are needed to pull a train out of a tunnel, paint the ceiling, go to the beach. . . .Bond's well-executed illustrations project] a contagious sense of movement. A puckish sense of humor prevails among elephants who skateboard, don sunglasses, act tough, and even wink at the audience. --SLJ. 1993 Pick of the Lists (ABA) |
Contributor Bio(s): Bond, Felicia: - Felicia Bond is both writer and illustrator of Tumble Bumble, The Day It Rained Hearts, the Poinsettia books, and many others. She painted the art for numerous other award-winning books, including those in the much loved If You Give . . . series and the contemporary classic Big Red Barn. She lived for many years in New York and currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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