Elmer elephant attends tillie tigers backyard birthday party. If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop. This wonderful picture book was first published 25 years ago and now a modern classic. Elmer the patchwork elephant, london, united kingdom. And elmers unusual multicolored checkerboard hide is the wonder. In elmer, elmer the patchwork elephant enjoys the role of being the clown of the elephant herd. Elmer would later go on to star in a serial in the silly symphony comic strip. Elmer the patchwork elephant often shortened to elmer is a childrens picture book series by the british author david mckee. If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. Elmer the elephant is brightcolored patchwork all over. The evolution of elmer the patchwork elephant bbc news. But one day, elmer stops having fun playing with the other elephants and decides to leave. The life and adventures of elmer elephant, appearing from october 27, 1935 to january 12, 1936, retold the story of the elmer short. He is popular, makes all the other elephants laugh and is well known in the jungle.
Elmer is different and hes definitely not like any other elephants. It was a pilot for elmer which was and still is a very popular childrens book, i assisted. This book is justifiably a classic because of its strong plot, simple narrative style and fabulous character creation. Elmer the elephant is a fantastic book created around the theme of diversity and how it is good to be different. In elmer and the hippos 2003, for instance, the grey elephants tell our patchwork hero to get. Elmer raises questions about the value of diversity between friends and. Elmer was first published by dobson books in 1968, and reissued with redrawn illustrations in a slightly shortened version by andersen press in 1989. Worksheet elmers story cut out the pictures and the text. Elmer is an extremely funny character and all elephant in the herd found elmer hilarious. His heady optimism and unbridled sense of humor keep the entire community in a cheery mood.
In only a few words david mckee conjures up the spirit of elmer it was elmer who kept the elephants happy. He enjoys himself, even though a hippo in attendance makes a toopowerful effort to help tillie blow out her birthday candles and ends up blowing the entire cake in elmer s face. Elmer the elephant, a colorful character because of his patchwork hide and sense of humor, tries to blend in with the herd, but soon realizes that hes happiest. But elmer gets fed up with being the odd one out and decides he wants to blend in. Elmer is an elephant whose skin is a variety of colors, in the book they described it as patchwork. Milk jub colorful tissue paper scissors glue a bowl googly eyes marker cardstock. Elmer the patchwork elephant seems to feel very different from the other elephants in his herd, so he decides to fit in, but little does he know, being different makes him special. As elmer the patchwork elephant turns 25, author david mckee illustrates the evolution of the childrens character.
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