Poor Little Elephant is stuck in a rowboat in the middle of the lake! And now there are weird and wonderful people waiting on the banks - including a spangly ballerina, five princes in scarlet cloaks and a man with a handlebar moustache. But just how can this strange crowd cross the water without the boat? And what will become of Little Elephant who is getting hungrier and hungrier by the minute?

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by Albury Books .

Holly Swain is best known for Wanted! Have You Seen this Alligator?, which won the Stockport Book Award. This is her second book for Puffin, following There's No Such Thing as a Ghostie , written by Cressida Cowell. Holly lives in Brighton, Sussex. Angela McAllister is an award-winning author of over sixty books for children and young teens. She lives in Hampshire.