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The Child's Elephant
Rachel Campbell-Johnston
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Description for The Child's Elephant
Paperback. When a baby elephant is abandoned on the African savannah, a young boy named Bat takes her back to his village and cares for her. But Bat's grandmother explains that Meya cannot stay with them for ever - the call of the wild will always be sounding in her soul. And there are frightening rumours on the wind, of kidnapping and suffering and war. Num Pages: 400 pages, Black & white section & chapter head illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFP. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
'I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heartwarming; an elephant book you won’t forget' - Michael Morpurgo
When a baby elephant is abandoned on the African savannah, a young boy named Bat takes her back to his village and cares for her. But Bat's grandmother explains that Meya cannot stay with them for ever - the call of the wild will always be sounding in her soul.
Then frightening rumours arrive at the village; rumours of kidnapping, suffering and war. Bat and his friend Muka are snatched, and catapulted into a new life of unimaginable terror. Will the bond between Bat and Meya strong enough to save them?
A thrilling, heartbreaking and beautiful novel from an exciting new voice in children's books, Rachel Campbell-Johnston.
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552571142
SKU
V9780552571142
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the chief art critic and poetry critic for The Times. She studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in modern and contemporary British poetry. Her first book, Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer, was published to great acclaim in 2011. Rachel lives in the country with her family and an assortment of animals. The Child's Elephant is her first book for children.
Reviews for The Child's Elephant
I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heart-warming; an elephant book you won’t forget
Michael Morpurgo Beautifully written . . . The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion
The Times
A big and important story . . . that smoulders in the mind long after the final page
Annabel Pitcher
Guardian
Lyrical, compelling and totally convincing . . . a great new children’s classic
The Times, Saturday Review
A heart-wrenching and sometimes terrifying tale . . . Compulsive reading
Children's Books Ireland
Exciting, funny and sadly topical . . . My children’s book of the year for 8-11s
Amanda Craig
New Statesman
Rachel Campbell-Johnston's work is as vivid as it is moving
The Sunday Review
Pulls no punches, but there's a moving, almost spiritual ending
the Independent
The story is remarkably free from sentimentality and anthropomorphism, and the author does not talk down to the children who will form her audience. Like Rudyard Kipling (to whose folk tale The Elephant’s Child this is surely a tribute), Campbell-Johnston shows a deep knowledge of African culture, with lush metaphors and precise descriptions of locations, smells and weather.
Rebecca Foster
We Love This Book
This beautifully written story is a new departure which draws on her (Rachel Campbell-Johnston's) original training as a zoologist. The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion.
Amanda Craig
The Times, Saturday Review
Michael Morpurgo Beautifully written . . . The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion
The Times
A big and important story . . . that smoulders in the mind long after the final page
Annabel Pitcher
Guardian
Lyrical, compelling and totally convincing . . . a great new children’s classic
The Times, Saturday Review
A heart-wrenching and sometimes terrifying tale . . . Compulsive reading
Children's Books Ireland
Exciting, funny and sadly topical . . . My children’s book of the year for 8-11s
Amanda Craig
New Statesman
Rachel Campbell-Johnston's work is as vivid as it is moving
The Sunday Review
Pulls no punches, but there's a moving, almost spiritual ending
the Independent
The story is remarkably free from sentimentality and anthropomorphism, and the author does not talk down to the children who will form her audience. Like Rudyard Kipling (to whose folk tale The Elephant’s Child this is surely a tribute), Campbell-Johnston shows a deep knowledge of African culture, with lush metaphors and precise descriptions of locations, smells and weather.
Rebecca Foster
We Love This Book
This beautifully written story is a new departure which draws on her (Rachel Campbell-Johnston's) original training as a zoologist. The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion.
Amanda Craig
The Times, Saturday Review