Mr Elephant

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed the illustrations of this book. I liked how they were hand drawn with colouring pencils. It gave the book a very accessible & unique feel, which was nice. I'm a big fan of elephants and so is my daughter, so this was a fun book to read with her. It was educational, and I appreciated all the facts strewn into the book. That said, I felt like sometimes the rhyming was a little off, too many syllables here or there to get into a good rhythm reading to my daughter. I also felt like a couple of the themes jumped a little too fast & didn't quite hit the head on the nail. For instance, at one point the author rhymes a question about the elephant's skin, but then immediately follows it up with a fact that, as written, doesn't answer the question at all. After looking it up online later, it does make sense, but I would have appreciated the book to address the "why” of their own question a little more in the rhyme. I LOVED the call to action at the end of the book though and that a portion of the proceeds are going to help protect the elephants. Our children are our future and it's important to inform them when something they love might be threatened. Overall, I think the author/illustrator did a great job and I would recommend this book.

Absolutely beautiful illustrations, a lovely story to read to my little man with an important message. Really chuffed with Mr Elephant

A firm favourite in our house, my boys (3 & 6) love reading Mr Elephant such a wonderful story with an abundance of fantastic illustrations.