Monkey and Elephant are both alone so they decide to be friends. Monkey has lots of experience of friendship, but Elephant has none. Monkey soon takes charge and has Elephant doing all the things he, Monkey, likes doing best. Poor Elephant doesn't enjoy it nearly as much and eventually goes back to being alone. Can Monkey work out where he has gone wrong so they can be friends again? Marjorie Newman's strong, simple text, brought to life by Peter Bowman's humorous illustrations, confronts and explores one of the key issues of early childhood in a warm and reassuring way. Ideal for young children taking their first steps into the tricky area of friendship. -- Philippa Reece

 

There are 25 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 2000 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Marjorie Newman is the author of Boswell the Kitchen Cat , Just Like You Did , and Mole and the baby Bird . Peter Bowman is the author of Teddy's Christmas and the Tiny Ted series.