Three Monsters - David McKee

Elmer - David McKee

This is the first of a series of books about Elmer the patchwork elephant who is the joker of the herd and always making the other elephants laugh. In this book Elmer decides he's fed up being different and feels the elephants are laughing at him because of his colour. He creeps out at dawn and disguises himself with berry juice so that he ...

Elmer and Wilbur - David McKee

This is another great book in David McKee s series of books about Elmer. ~ Who is Elmer? ~ An elephant with a difference! Instead of being a bog standard grey elephant, this lovable patchwork elephant was first introduced to children in 1989 with the book entitled Elmer . I particularly like the concept of Elmer as it demonstrates that we aren t all the same and how his friends and family accept him for who he is, not what he looks like. But there is someone else who s different in the jungle, his cousin, Wilbur, he s a black and white elephant. I mention Wilbur as he is the other main character in this particular book. David Mckee has written a large number of ...

Elmer and Wilbur - David McKee

*The Author* David McKee is well known amongst parents because of the Elmer series, but a few of you probably aren’t aware that he also created Mr Benn and King Rollo. I may have lost some of the younger readers of this now, but if so, just mention them to your parents and I’m sure they will explain how big they were in the 70s. This book in the series is the one that introduces us to Elmer’s cousin, Wilbur. He is also a patchwork elephant but only in black and white. *The Story* The story starts with Elmer explaining to the other elephants that his cousin Wilbur is coming to visit. “‘He’s late,’ said Elmer. ‘Perhaps he’s lost. Let’s go and look for him.’” The ...