Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency

by Cressida Cowell (Author), Cressida Cowell (Author), CRESSIDA COWELL (Author), Neal Layton (Illustrator)

New
Picture Book
2015
$9.30

Emily Brown, Stanley the bunny and Matilda the elephant are busy going on adventures, but every time they get to a particularly exciting part . . . Ring! Ring! goes the Emergency Telephone and it's Matilda's mummy on the end worrying that Matilda isn't wearing her wellies, or eating properly or almost anything. How can Emily Brown persuade her that sometimes adventures are good?
This brilliant title from this award-winning team is a witty and poignant book about the importance of spending quality time with your children and allowing them to explore the world around them.
'A sensitive and witty handling of fears that has a valuable lesson for adults too. Great fun.' - Daily Mail
Written by Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/
Illustrated by award winning Neal Layton, creator of Stanley's Stick.
http://www.neallayton.co.uk/

Synopsis

Emily Brown, Stanley the bunny and Matilda the elephant are busy going on adventures, but every time they get to a particularly exciting part . . . Ring! Ring! goes the Emergency Telephone and it's Matilda's mummy on the end worrying that Matilda isn't wearing her wellies, or eating properly or almost anything. How can Emily Brown persuade her that sometimes adventures are good?

This brilliant title from this award-winning team is a witty and poignant book about the importance of spending quality time with your children and allowing them to explore the world around them.

'A sensitive and witty handling of fears that has a valuable lesson for adults too. Great fun.' - Daily Mail

Written by Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/

Illustrated by award winning Neal Layton, creator of Stanley's Stick.
http://www.neallayton.co.uk/

$9.30

Quantity

6 in stock

More Information

Format: Picture Book
Pages: 32
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 04 Jun 2015
ISBN 10: 1444923439
ISBN 13: 9781444923438
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Book Overview: By the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series comes a reissue of the classic tale of Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit called Stanley.

Media Reviews

An absolute cracker of a picture bokk to stretch your imagination * Newbury Weekly News *
No.8 in The Hit List - Over protective parenting causes problems in the latest in the delightful Emily Brown series * The Independent on Sunday *
[A] delicious fantastical adventure * The Guardian *
This zany story is full of fun as well as being an imaginative exploration of insecure emotional attachment...Quite superb * Books For Keeps *
Aimed squarely at mums and dads who will be sharing this, the message is delivered in a light-hearted, wryly knowing way, with plenty of colourful, visual adventures for the young reader to enjoy * Carousel *
A sensitive and witty handling of fears that has a valuable lesson for adults too. Great fun * Daily Mail *
This zany story is full of fun as well as being an imaginative exploration of insecure emotional attachment. Layton's illustrations are perfect foils for the story. Quite superb. ***** * Books For Keeps *
Neal Layton's artwork is an absolute joy. * INIS *
Already firm favourites.. each story has been brilliant. * School Librarian *
The latest in the delightful Emily Brown series. * Independent on Sunday *
Great fun. * Daily Mail *
Superb. ***** * Books For Keeps *
Plenty of colourful visual adventures for the younger reader to enjoy. * Carousel *

Author Bio

Cressida Cowell is currently the Waterstones Children's Laureate (2019 - 2021). She is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. The Wizards of Once series has been translated into 37 languages and has been signed by DreamWorks Animation. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC. Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize. Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author of children's books. He has worked on more than 80 titles to date, working with authors such Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen, and won several prizes including a Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize for That Rabbit belongs to Emily Brown. His books have also been shortlisted for the Red House Book Awards, the Blue Peter Book Awards, the Booktrust Early Years Award, Funfzig Jahre Deutcher Jugendliteraturpreis and New York Public Library's annual list of best Children's Books.He also writes his own books, 'The Invincible Tony Spears' and the bestselling 'Mammoth Academy' Series. His books are currently in print in more than 16 languages worldwide. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two daughters.