Elmer’s Weather

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by David McKee

Interest age: 0 to 3

Published by Andersen Press, 2018

Board books
Interactive

About this book

Everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant is experiencing all kinds of weather in this chunky board book for the very youngest book lovers.

Little hands will enjoy turning the pages using the helpful die-cut tabs and David McKee’s bright and beautiful illustrations are a feast for eyes of all ages. The text is minimal, with a single line, ‘Elmer flies in the wind’, paired with some fun sounds to say together: ‘Wheeeeee!’.

Elmer enjoys thunder and lightning, looking cool in his shades in the bright sunshine and splashing about in the rain, but Elmer likes snow best of all.

This is a lovely way to introduce a classic character before readers are ready for the full stories, and a great opportunity to discuss and learn about the weather.

About the author

David McKee was born and brought up in South Devon, where he went from grammar school to Plymouth Art College. Whilst still at college he started selling one-off cartoons to newspapers and on graduation, he began to contribute to such publications as Punch, the Times Education Supplement and Reader's Digest. His first book, Two Can Toucan, was published in 1964 and since then he has written and illustrated numerous children's books. Of his many beloved quirky characters, Elmer the Elephant and Mr Benn are possibly the most well-known. He died in April 2022, aged 87.