2017 Sterling Children's Books
HC $14.95
24 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 3.94 - 117 ratings
My rating: 5
Endpapers: white background with 12 different "ropes" of leaves traveling from bottom to top of page. Lovely.
1st line/s: "The movers left the doors wide open. That's probably how she got in."
My comments: Super clever, funny, and cute story about a little girl whose family members are so "into" what they're doing that they pay very little attention to her (wise up, parents!). The simple illustrations accentuate the story really nicely...this is the second Linda Ashman book that I've enjoyed tremendously!
Goodreads: Mom . . . there’s an elephant in the living room.
It’s moving day—and look who slipped in the door: an elephant! But when a little girl tries to tell her family about their unusual guest, the distracted grown-ups just say, “Ella WHO?” Even as children giggle at the girl’s adventures with the smallishpachyderm, and at the fun, recurring refrain, they’ll relate to the poignant theme about making—and sometimes letting go of—new friends.
It’s moving day—and look who slipped in the door: an elephant! But when a little girl tries to tell her family about their unusual guest, the distracted grown-ups just say, “Ella WHO?” Even as children giggle at the girl’s adventures with the smallishpachyderm, and at the fun, recurring refrain, they’ll relate to the poignant theme about making—and sometimes letting go of—new friends.
