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Elmer and Snake - David McKee

Description: ISBN 184270303X / Genre: Junior Books / The elephants decide to play a trick on Elmer - and Snake suggests pretending to Elmer that he ... more

Elmer and Snake - David McKee ... looks pale, to see if they can persuade him that he IS unwell. Meanwhile, Snake conspires with Elmer to trick the other elephants into thinking he is pale and unwell by covering Elmer in pale mud. It works, and the other elephants get rather worried about him. They ask Snake to give his advice - and he suggests tickling Elmer! Of course the dried mud cracks open, and the elephants realise that Snake has tricked them all. But they can't tickle Snake because he's very sensibly gone on holiday!

Newest Review: ... rub him with white mud when he lies down so that he will turn a paler colour and this will make the other elephants think he ... more

... is ill. Elmer falls asleep and one by one the elephants start to notice that he is getting paler. They are quite worried and ask Snake what they should do. He tells them that they should go and tickle him to make him better. Elmer then wakens to find he is feeling stiff all over, as the mud has dried. When the elephants tickle him the mud cracks and falls off and the elephants think they have made Elmer better again. They soon realise that Snake has tricked them all and rush off to find him so they can tickle hi...more

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	Elmer and Snake Pages: 32, Hardcover, Andersen Press Ltd Last Update 05.12.2009 05:43	£ 1.22

Elmer and Snake
Pages: 32, Hardcover, Andersen Press Ltd

Last Update 05.12.2009 05:43

£ 1.22

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Elmer and Snake - David McKee: Hissing Fun With Elmer (696 words)
by - written on 18/09/06 (Very useful, 150 readings)
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***The Author*** As well as being the author of many Elmer books, David McKee is also the creator Mr Benn and King Rollo, which I’m sure many of the older generation reading this review, will remember. The first Elmer book was written way back in 1989, the same year that my eldest daughter was born, so I’ve had many years of reading the stories, first to my older daughters and now to my younger son. This is one of the newer stories and was published in 2004. ***The Story*** In this Elmer book we learn all about tricks. The elephants want to play a trick on Elmer but can’t think of anything so they decide to go and ask their ... Read the complete review