The wonderfully eccentric adventures of a kind-hearted elephant, hugely enjoyed by children and adults alike, by J. P. Martin and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Uncle is a millionaire elephant who has a B.A. and wears a purple dressing gown. He lives in a labyrinth of skyscrapers connected by water chutes, lifts and railways, and littered with oil lakes, walls of sweets and towers of treacle. He and his followers amuse themselves by exploring his home and falling into adventures with its inhabitants, a collection of lunatics, dwarfs and ghosts. Uncle also frequently fights with the inhabitants of neighbouring Badfort, among them the repulsive Jellytussles (a quivering blob) and the cowardly Hitmouse.

This book is part of a book series called Puffin .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd .

J. P. Martin was born in Scarborough in 1880. He had two sons and two daughters. He died in March 1966. QUENTIN BLAKE is Britain's leading illustrator, and was chosen as the first Children's Laureate.