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5 thrilling historical adventures 23/01/25
Elmer's Friends
Publisher: Andersen Press
A colourful board book in which the ever-popular Elmer the Elephant praises each of his friends for their different strengths. An ideal starting point for discussing the value of differences and individuality.
Elmer the patchwork elephant is a winning character in children's literature. A one-off and always fun, he has ideas to pass on within his stories.
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David McKee: an incredible career
David McKee, creator of Elmer and Not Now, Bernard, has won the 2020 BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. Here's our top pick of his unique, funny, and poignant collection of picture books.
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Finding inclusive books
This list aims to help you to find early years books showing positive images of disability, as well as titles that may prove useful in discussing disability and diversity.
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Books about friends for younger readers
Some of the very best picture books all about friendship - perfect for preschoolers and younger.
What you thought...
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DJPbear, 21 February 2017
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Lovely vibrant and colourful book. Even myself I like picking up and reading it. That's why it's so lovely to kids;)
Bebenciukas, 07 November 2016
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My daughter really enjoyed looking at the colourful pictures and hearing about the different types of animals
Kelly, 05 November 2016
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We have enjoyed reading this book and identifying all the animals - also a good size to take to read in the car.
L_ChMa, 13 July 2016
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My 4 month old is fascinated by all the colours! And he loves chewing on it too :D
Tania, 28 June 2016
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My little boy loves this book. He is engaged by the colours and different animals. Now at 10 months, he regularly sits and turns the pages himself while cooing at the pictures.
Gil15, 11 December 2015
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What a lovely book!
Bebenciukas, 02 December 2015
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I liked this because Elmer had lots of friends
Ranaldo7, 28 October 2015
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My baby loves listening to the Elmer story he also listens to it on the net and it puts him to sleep i also love the book too
Salah, 13 October 2015
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His first book, he loved the colours :-)
Edan, 28 September 2015
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My 8 month old loves this book, he loves animals and we do the noises for each one as we go along
JenEllis, 21 September 2015
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Another one of my son's favourites! Elmer is a big and colourful fave and so are his friends!
luckysun, 28 August 2015
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This was given to us in the bookstart pack and this soon became my son's favourite book. He loves the intonation in which we read this with him and he looks so excited to see all of Elmer's friends! The bright colours and simplicity of the story are perfect.
Bear Force 3000, 03 August 2015
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Lovely bright colours
Teddy , 30 July 2015
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Colourful pages for young babies and easy to turn hard book.
zugo41, 02 July 2015
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This was our other free book in our bag at the 3-4 month check. Charlotte loves the bright colours and we are learning the noises each animal makes as we read the book
LouiseH, 17 June 2015
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Great board book. Lots of colour and things to point out on the pages as well as a short simple story.
Nicoledr84, 05 June 2015
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Very nice bock my son loved it
ammar2013, 01 June 2015
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This was one of the first books we read to our son from 5 weeks old. He loves it, we have read it so many times we no longer need the book to tell him the story! We're going to get Elmer on his first birthday cake. It's a great book for introducing animals and the sounds they make, we'd always roar for the lion, bounce him for the kangaroo and whoo hoooooo for the owl!
Bear-El, 27 May 2015
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My son loves the book just like I did when I was his age
Ellenarchie, 30 April 2015
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My son who is 8 weeks old loved this book loved the colours smiled throughout.
1sttimemum15, 20 April 2015
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My son who is 10weeks old loves this story. I started reading it to him when he was 5weeks old, he smiles everytime we read it! He enjoys the bright colours and the animal sounds me and my husband make whilst reading the book.
Charlotte S, 19 April 2015
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My daughter's favourite book. She enjoy reading elmar (Rainbow Colored) Elephant stories. When ever we go the library, if she finds the Elmar book, she takes it and go through the book. She likes so much that she reads as many times as she like.
Yalasu, 15 April 2015
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Very happy to receive this book from the book trust! My daughter has loved it since she was only a few weeks old and I'm sure it'll remain a favourite as she gets older. The illustrations are lovely and it has such a nice message too. We love Elmer!
Cjara, 13 April 2015
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Nice colourful pictures we like Elmer
EdwardBear, 17 March 2015
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My 4 yr old daughter lover me to draw Elmer so she can put all her effort into puttin as many colours on him as pos
danni, 14 March 2015
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My daughter loves Elmer! We have it at home and she keeps reading and playing with it
Eva.baranya, 21 February 2015
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Simple! Easy to understand for a 1-3 year old. Wouldn't read to a 4 year old plus.
Mum of 2 Girls, 14 February 2015
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Quite a nice book to teach about animals in a story style
Sidra, 10 February 2015
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As soon as I open the first page and read the first line Rudy smiles. He listens until I get to Elmers wisest friend, then he turns away then turns back for the rest of the story. When the book has finished he picks it back up and hands it to me. I read it again and he smiles at the beginning and turns away at the wisest friend. We do this about 4-5 times, every time we read this book.
Rudylea, 07 February 2015
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Aymar enjoyed the book and made the animal sounds of each of Elmer's friends. It's a bright colourful book and we both thoroughly enjoyed it.
Aymoori, 26 November 2014
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I read this to my baby regularly since a few weeks old, it keeps her attention and the story is lovely. I'm sure when she is older she will enjoy this because of the lovely colours and illustrations
Pickle2014, 01 October 2014
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He loves the bright colours it's a brilliant book for babies
Erik, 15 May 2014
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Fab book. My son loves the colours.
Kellie owl, 07 May 2014
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This is a beautifully colourful book that really grabs my 8 month old son's attention each time we read it together. He has jungle themed toys, so he likes looking at the lovely animal pictures throughout the book:)
Butterfly 2014, 28 April 2014
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Its a lovely vibrant book, good size for small hands. It has many animals and my toddler son who isnt talking yet waits impatiently for the lion's part so he can roar really loudly. Its his favourite board book definitely.
uziBear, 13 February 2014
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My little girl loves this book for her bedtime stories. And growing up with Elmer myself it is one of my favourites to read to her
kells88, 04 February 2014
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My daughter loves the colours, and I love the moral of the story!
Lolly-pop, 24 January 2014
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We were lucky enough to receive this book in our Bookstart bag. My son loves it the bright colours and he likes looking at all the different animals. We are going to buy the rest of the Elmer books and hope that they too will become favourites!
Maffers12, 15 January 2014
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A lovely book - Our 4 month old little girl loves looking at all of the colourful pictures.
Sam, 18 November 2013
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Elmer catches our sons attention with the bright colours and simple stories. We have only recently read this book and intend to see more of Elmer and his friends
Angelique, 07 November 2013
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My 8 month old really seems to love this book. Normally she's on the go while I read to her but for Elmer she sits still and concentrates on each page.
WendyA, 27 October 2013
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My little girl loved this book when we borrowed it from the library. Another lovely Elmer book
Kte, 31 July 2013
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My son loved learning all the different animals in this book!
clairetattin, 09 May 2013
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my son loved this book loved looking at all the colours and pointing elmer out to me great read
becki, 28 May 2012
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This was one of the first books we read. Our nursery is Elmer themed, because I have always loved Elmer. My son strokes him on every page and Elmer always makes him smile! :)
TeddyBishop, 29 February 2012
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My daughter loves Elmer. She thinks he is funny and colourful.
Toody, 30 October 2011
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Poppy loved this book when we got it out of the library. She loves the bright colours
Popster, 24 October 2011
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A lovley book – all the elmer books are – and full of colour. My little boy loves them!
joseph, 15 June 2011
Lots of colours and lovely story of friendship.