by Mike Terry (Illustrator), Mike Terry (Illustrator), Dick King-Smith (Author)
Poppet is a little African elephant. When he is born, his mother warns him against mice because they run up elephants' trunks. Poppet spends some time asking various creatures if they are mice and then, to his horror, one of them says 'Yes'. However, Momo the mouse persuades Poppet that he's been told an old wives' tale and the two become friends. Poppet's mother is horrified but is won over in the end by Momo's eloquence.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 64
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 13 Sep 1999
ISBN 10: 014130264X
ISBN 13: 9780141302645
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the 2000 Children's Book Award, catagory 2, the shorter novel.