Looking After Little Ellie - Hardcover

Dosh Archer; Mike Archer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747569002 ISBN 13: 9780747569008

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

When the mouse families, neighbour phones and asks if they will babysit Little Ellie the mice gamely volunteer. They have an action packed day, because Little Ellie is not little at all! She is a huge elephant baby. She needs so much food, so many games, a lot of rest and even her tears are huge. This brilliant family of mice are well up to the task in hand, even though it is quite exhausting. A funny, detailed and fresh observation on the subject of helping friends.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike and Dosh live in Whitstable, Kent. They are relative newcomers to the world of publishing as this is only their second book.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K–When six mice agree to help an elephant friend by looking after her offspring, they discover that caring for Little Ellie presents a formidable challenge. It takes four of them to pull her stroller uphill while two push from behind. All six can't hold their own on the seesaw with her, and when it is time for a diaper change, they are totally appalled. Large, cheery color illustrations perfectly capture their struggles. Touches of realism are superimposed on the cartoonlike illustrations, with photographs of bowls on the breakfast table and of six coffee mugs beside the exhausted mice at the end of the day, as well as an enormous graphic of the baby elephant's turd. Children will delight in this funny, quirky story about baby-sitting.–Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0747569002
• ISBN 13: 9780747569008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32