Once upon a time there was an orphanage with 22 orphans. They did as they pleased and played with whatever came in handy: a handrail or a rope... or even with nothing. But one day a new director shows up. She d oesn t like wild games and sen ds the children to bed. Life at the orphanage bec omes very boring... until a big elephant appears in the dormitory! An enchanting, hilarious story by the duo that created Tom the Tamer , that children will delight in.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3 years.

There are 26 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 in 2018 by Lemniscaat Ltd .

Jostein Gaarder wrote one of the great bestsellers of the nineties in SOPHIE'S WORLD, which has sold over 16 million copies in nearly 50 languages. He is Norwegian and lives in Oslo with his wife and two teenage sons. Philip Hopman is Dutch and has illustrated many books for children. Tjibbe Veldkamp has written picture books, stories for young children, and YA novels. He is one of the most successful picture book authors in The Netherlands and his books are always well received by the media. Kees de Boer is a widely published comic-strip artist and children's book illustrator. This is his second book with Tjibbe Veldkamp.