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The Elephant's Pillow

The Elephant's Pillow

by Diana Reynolds Roome (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $3.49
Synopsis

Long ago in old Peking, a rich, bored young boy called Sing Lo asks to see the Imperial Elephant, who, people say, hasn't slept a wink since the old emperor died. Sing Lo takes with him a huge bag of the elephant's favourite buns - but the animal asks for 'Honey above, ginger below, milk between'. It takes all Sing Lo's ingenuity to solve this riddle, but there are yet more tasks he must complete before bedtime if the elephant is to get to sleep...Diana Reynolds Roome's tale, delightfully illustrated by Jude Daly, evokes the vanished elegance and courtesy of old China and will strike a chord in all children with their own special bedtime rituals.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 32
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Published: 01 Nov 2004
ISBN 10: 0711220328
ISBN 13: 9780711220324

Media Reviews
Retelling the story for a younger audience, Diane Reynolds Roome captures all the flavours that make it ideal for bedtime and also for stimulating children's imaginations. School Librarian.
Author Bio
Diana Reynolds Roome taught English as a foreign language in Nepal and is now a freelance writer specialising in travel. This is her first children's picture book. Jude Daly's previous titles for Frances Lincoln are The Gift of the Sun, written by Dianne Stewart, which was chosen as one of Child Education's Best Books of 1996, The Stone, written by Dianne Hofmeyr, Fair, Brown and Trembling, her own retelling of an Irish Cinderella story and Dianne Hofmeyr's Egyptian creation story, The Star Bearer.