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David McKee
Join Elmer in a search and find adventure! Each page is jam-packed full of things to spot, questions to answer and details to discover, all from Elmer’s rainbow world. Young…
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Some things you can give and not lose any, like happiness, love and colour. In Elmer the patchwork elephant's chunky, rainbow-shaped board book, Elmer helps the animals put the colours…
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Learn amazing animal facts, and have fun spotting all of Elmer the patchwork elephant's friends in his colourful world! In this big and busy search and find board book adventure…
Celebrate Elmer's birthday with this chunky shaped board book perfect for gifting. In this classic story, the elephants want to trick Elmer into thinking they've forgotten his birthday. There's only…
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Cuddle in with your very own Elmer soft toy and read the family-favourite picture book together with this Elmer Book and Toy Gift Set. Including a mini gift hardback edition…
Grandpa Eldo asks Elmer and Wilbur to help a young elephant find her way back to her herd - and they get a shock when they see she is pink…
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Simplified Chinese edition of Elmer’s Birthday
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Elmer and friends are on the hunt for the Lost Treasure, Indiana Jones-style.
Everyone has their favorite bedtime story. What’s yours?
Elmer and the other elephants are waiting for the storm to end so they can see the beautiful, colourful rainbow. But something dreadful has happened: the rainbow has lost its…
For over a quarter of a century readers have been joining Elmer the patchwork elephant on his exciting adventures. Now Elmer’s classic first story is available in this lovely board…
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It’s Elmer’s bedtime, but he still needs to find the perfect place to sleep. Bring the adventure to life as puppet-Elmer splashes in the lake with the hippos, tries to…
Happy 30th Birthday, Elmer! Elmer is patchwork.Collect this special 30th birthday edition of David McKee’s first book about Elmer, that turned this adorable patchwork elephant into a nursery favourite. Elmer…
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Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES…
David Robertson
Molly is a little girl who loves music. Her two instruments, Peter Piano, and Guy Guitar, magically come to life at night! They teach Molly how to play fun songs…
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James Y McKee
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Learn first opposites with Elmer and his friends with this interactive board book specially designed for very young children. This simple but engaging format encourages conversation and play, so those…
Mr Benn is an ordinary man who has extraordinary adventures. In this story, he swaps his bowler hat and black suit for an extravagant clown costume and finds himself transported…
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David Mckee
A collection of original Mr Benn adventures. It introduces the friendly bowler-hatted character who inspired the legendary TV series which made Mr Benn a household name.
Learn all your shapes with Elmer! A first concept book ideal for the very youngest Elmer fans. This colourful, interactive board book with indented areas for little fingers to trace…
Elmer the patchwork elephant munches, plays and splashes his way through a busy day.
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Milet’s four bilingual Elmer titles ( Elmer’s Colours , Elmer’s Day , Elmer’s Friends , and Elmer’s Weather ) add to the publishing phenomenon about the little elephant who is…
First published in 1989, the author’s four bilingual Elmer titles ( Elmer’s Colours , Elmer’s Day , Elmer’s Friends , Elmer’s Weather ) add to the publishing phenomenon about the…
It’s time for the yearly Ceremony of the Crown, where the King proves his right to rule. But something strange is going on- the King’s crown keeps going missing! Can…
Elmer and his cousin Wilbur decide to go to the coast to see the whales. But their journey becomes far more of an adventure then they expected, when they find…
Two monsters live on either side of a mountain. Sometimes they talk through the hole in the mountain, but they never see each other. One evening, they get into a…
Elmer discovers that all the baby animals have teddies, but Baby Elephant’s remains missing until Elmer’s cousin, Wilbur, gets involved in the search. Wilbur plays a joke on Elmer as…
Originally published: in English language only. London: Andersen, 1994.
Green, blue, yellow, pink? Choose your favourite colour with Elmer! This chunky board book with easy-grip toddler tabs on every page is perfect for the very youngest Elmer fans.
David McKee has created a new modern classic with the story of Belinda, a banana-obsessed young girl. Her whole family thinks it’s a phase, except for Grandma Brown: she worries…
When a dragon is spotted, the whole kingdom fears a fiery attack is imminent! The king organizes his army into hunting teams. But Melric knows that not all dragons are…
One morning, Elmer hears an Oh no! Looking round, he spots Super El who’s in need of Elmer’s help. He must get to Aunt Zelda without any of the other…
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Milet’s four bilingual Elmer titles ( Elmer’s Colours , Elmer’s Day , Elmer’s Friends , Elmer’s Weather ) add to the publishing phenomenon about the little elephant, first published in…
Once, elephants came in two colours: black or white. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for a long time it seemed…
One day, Elmer notices that there are no birds around. How strange! Soon he finds them hiding from the nasty bully bird in a nearby cave. The bully bird is…
As Elmer the patchwork elephant is strolling through the jungle, he hears a cry for help. A butterfly is trapped. Elmer easily frees her. She promises to help Elmer. But…
When Melric, the king’s magician, mysteriously loses his magic, he sets out on a quest to return it. But with the kingdom under attack, will Melric get his magic back…
