Best children elephant books according to redditors
We found 80 Reddit comments discussing the best children elephant books. We ranked the 42 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 80 Reddit comments discussing the best children elephant books. We ranked the 42 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I love the one where they realize they're in a book. One of my faves.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Book-Elephant-Piggie/dp/1423133080
In Japan they did the same thing, only they killed all the big carnivores.
The elephants though weren't a direct danger, so they just allowed them to slowly starve to death.
Then someone got the idea to turn it into a kids picture book! Great idea!
http://www.amazon.com/Faithful-Elephants-Story-Animals-People/dp/0395861373
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems, his Pigeon books are pretty funny too
I really don’t want to dampen your spirits, but I documented things leading up to our first round of IVF and then found it difficult when it didn’t work to hold on to any of those mementos.
Obviously I really hope that it works for you, but I would think ahead so you have a plan of what to do if this round doesn’t pan out as expected.
Our IVF journey was a long one and everyone knows that’s how we conceived so when Philip is old enough to ask we’ll be upfront with him. I also bought him a book before he was born called Wish. It doesn’t deal specifically with IVF, but tells the story of a very longed for child. It makes me cry every time I read it!
Edit: also it might just be my sense of humour, but I can’t wait to tell him he was conceived round the back of a BMW garage when mummy and daddy weren’t even there!
You tell me, is this the book?
https://www.amazon.com/Elmer-Books-David-Mckee/dp/0688091717
http://www.amazon.com/But-No-Elephants-Jerry-Smath/dp/0819310077
:D
When I was teaching, I kept these in my classroom library. Not all have an overt vegetarian message, but they are all wonderful books that address vegetarian ideas.
She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head! Beautiful watercolor book about women fighting against the popular use of feathers for fashion. Covers some women's suffrage history and the founding of the Audubon Society. I used this one with 5th graders studying American history.
Of course, Horton Hears a Who. The message of this book resonates with kids' and preteens' experience being small and unheard: "A [being's] a [being], no matter how small." Most kids also relate to the feeling of believing in an idea that others dismiss. Horton's steadfastness is a great quality for veg kids to learn.
The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor. Buy all of her books, for real. They're literal pieces of art, and each one has a message that kids sorely need, without preaching. Also, Everybody Needs a Rock is one of my all time favorites.
Hey, Little Ant As a boy is about to squish an ant, it begins to reason with him. The book ends by asking the reader what they would do. Cute and discussion-worthy story for younger readers.
The Story of Jumping Mouse My favorite children's book of all time! Empathy until you're bawling. This book is wonderfully illustrated and I cried every time I read it. It's a bit long - I used it for 3rd grade and up.
For nonfiction science/animal books, I can't say enough about the authors Gail Gibbons (for younger readers) and Seymour Simon (for older kids). They both are very good at presenting facts about animals that preserve the animals' interests.
Miss Rumphuis Beautiful book with the lesson of leaving the world a more beautiful place.
Anyone interested in a board book copy of Wish by Matthew Cordell? I ended up with two copies.
Not particularly ivf, but I like the book Wish does a good job of explaining waiting a long time to meet your baby.
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EDIT: Others: Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes?, Why Don't Gorillas Lay Eggs?, Why Don't Elephants Live in the City?
Yesterday was my pregnant partner and my 8 yr anniversary and we had a great day. We both ended up getting each other books for the baby, go figure from two English teachers. My wife got a book that absolutely slayed me that I wanted to recommend - Wish - I started crying before I got through the first two pages. She got me!!!
Have a good weekend everyone!!
You guys may enjoy reading your kids the Elephant and Piggy series, which has a similar self-awareness and sense of humor. They're for slightly younger kids, but they may be suited. Here's a link on Amazon.
^Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with the publisher, I just used to sell kids books and particular loved reading this at our story times.
My 14 month old twins LOVE to read. Some of our favorite books include:
The Dreamers series by Emily Winfield Martin. All of her books are amazing. The art is beautiful and there’s whimsy to her stories. There are two more books outside of this set I linked and they enjoy them both.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is very well liked by them, although it’s not my favorite. They love the bright colors and the fun attitude. It was one of the first ones I read to them when they were newborns (with the big paper back size) because the colors and shapes were bold.
Mama Loves You So is a short and sweet story. I love the illustrations and my girls love it too.
Wish is especially great for those who have struggled with infertility or loss. And even if you haven’t, it’s a lovely story. Warning: I still cry every time I read it to them.
Every Little Thing for you Bob Marley fans
Take Heart My Child is a sweet book for those of you who are sentimental. They don’t always love to sit still for it now, but it’s great for newborns.
And in general, they LOVE the books you can interact with and touch a feel like the dog/animal books with different furs. They like this Monster book that has a bunch of textures. They like this Dont Touch the Button book that is fun and interactive. They love flip the flap books, especially ones with animals and they helped them learn the sounds very easily. They also like the little puppet books.
The title is a tribute to a book that my dad used to read to me when I was in middle school. Yes, I was still being read to like a child at age 13. It was called "But No Elephants".
Your post immediately reminded me of this: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Minutes-Peace-Jill-Murphy/dp/0698117875/ref=nodl_
This link should work: Amazon Link
I'm not sure how widely it's distributed. I bought it on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/148470875X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IQFWCb3SE1AFG
This was my favorite book after we adopted: Wish by Matthew Cordell
https://www.amazon.com/Wish-Matthew-Cordell/dp/148470875X
We Are in a Book
An elephant and piggie book. It's a "meta" book like Monster at the End of This Book or This Book Has No Pictures, but it has some food for thought for young minds. It's also hilarious.
But no elephants
This one:
http://www.amazon.com/Dailan-Kifki-Spanish-Maria-Elena/dp/9505116292/
It is the book I read as a boy.
¡Supisiche!
Big Green Monster is one of my favorites!! I love it tons.
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Get those kids some books! :)
Hah! Not a nursery rhyme, but a classic book.
A friend gave us a copy of The Elephant and the Bad Baby, which - while gorgeously illustrated - tells the tale of an elephant who picks up a young child in the street and proceeds to rob various shopkeeps around town, all under the guise of feeding the hungry child. But make no mistake, that thieving motherfucker stretches out his long trunk and takes one for himself as well.
And then, he and all the store owners (who have been giving chase the entire time) turn on the young boy - who has been labeled the "BAD baby" the entire time - because he didn't once say please. Apparently, the larceny is fine just so long as you're polite about it.
Oh, and then they all force themselves into his home and have his mother feed them pancakes.
Goddamn thieving elephant.
My favorite as a child and hopefully my son will love it. Right now he just wants to chew on it. But No Elephants
[cw, someone else's pregnancy]
Friends' baby shower is Sunday afternoon. All the presents are wrapped. (Hot tip: Wish, by Matthew Cordell will make you cry but is a beautiful book for people who are pregnant after struggling)
Pregnant friend's mom just flew in last night, and husband and I are going to spend the next few days remembering how much we love and appreciate our own mothers.
This is a wonderfully written book about the impact war has on zoo animals. http://www.amazon.com/Faithful-Elephants-Story-Animals-People/dp/0395861373
Ooooh, this is fun!!! I often wish that me or my friends had kids, just so I could buy someone the children's books I love. Here's a few suggestions, if I think of any more I'll keep adding them =)
Anything illustrated by Robyn Belton, ANY of Margaret Mahy's children books
Special mention:
The Choosing Day by Jennifer Beck/illustrated by Robyn Belton
David's Dad by Jennifer Beck/illustrated by Robyn Belton
17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy. Fantastic rhyme, even pre-language babies love it. "Forty-two elephants oh, what a lot of 'ums / Big feet beating in the wet wood shade, /Proud and ponderous hippopotomums / danced to the music that the marchers made.''
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd Again, fantastic language
My Cat Likes to Hide In Boxes by Lynley Dodd (woah, didn't know she wrote that 'till just now)
My sister loved The Elephant and the Bad Baby
Grandpa's Slippers Grandma keeps throwing Grandpa's slippers out, he keeps saving them
Look at Gecko Press - a New Zealand-based publisher of English versions of award-winning children's books from around the world. They've got some gorgeous books, which are in most cases the first English translations of these stories.
read this is you really want to cry T_T
here you go
A better book for the obese kids.
Available on Amazon with free same day delivery: Wish https://www.amazon.com/dp/148470875X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7HkNxb9DGZDJ1
But No Elephants!!!
https://www.amazon.com/But-Elephants-Once-upon-Time/dp/1563832747
Darn. We don't have it. It is available on Amazon and with some great reviews.
the best I could do: http://www.amazon.com/Histoire-De-Babar-Petit-Elephant/dp/2010025199
http://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Book-Opposites-Francesco-Pittau/dp/0810936992/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300220837&sr=8-1
Here you go
https://www.amazon.com/Five-Minutes-Peace-Jill-Murphy/dp/0698117875/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=5+minutes+peace&qid=1569443579&sr=8-1
>but 2nd grade? come on, man. WTF?
What's the problem? My daughter took a fun kids book to school, read it to the class, and then they all had an interesting discussion around the technologies it describes (the main two being Augmented Reality and Bitcoin).
What could possibly be wrong with that?
Is this the one where he keeps taking in every other animal but the elephant? And it keeps repeating “But no elephants!”?
But No Elephants (Once upon a Time) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1563832747/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_e7NWCbM67FJZW
This is the last one about elephants that i know about that's not teaching kids about death and grieving im sorry if i wasn't much help and hope you find exactly what you're looking for. Five Minutes' Peace https://www.amazon.com/dp/0698117875/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_H4NWCb94VR80Y
There's an Elephant in the House (Early Reader Animal Series: A Children's Picture Book Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007PSYWKY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_fWNWCbB4W1HGA
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Burnout Paradise or BF3 from Origin would be solid! I always LOVED this book as a kid for some reason.
Thanks!
Good reminder for Bob's Burgers. I've been meaning to get back to that.
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Here's some books that we liked around Kindergarten:
Really any Tony Diterlizi, Dave Shannon, or Mo Williams books are good.
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African Safari? Elmer? How the Elephant Got Its Trunk? Louie the Lazy Elephant? A Color of His Own? Bird, Fly High? Do You Want to Be My Friend?...Penguin? Where's Tumpty?: A Tilly and Friends Book? Tacky in Trouble?
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/but-no-elephants-jerry-smath/1001892603?ean=9781563832741
http://www.amazon.com/But-Elephants-Once-Upon-Time/dp/1563832747
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.Xbut+no+elephan&_nkw=but+no+elephants&_sacat=0
For little kids/board books:
I'm as Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood. It's one of those nice simple books that is still enjoyable for older ages. I remember thinking a lot about it when I was younger because I liked the idea that one person could contain so many opposing qualities.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
But No Elephants by Jerry Smath - Funny and cute, a good story about finding the good in things that initially seem bad
Picture books for older kids:
Henry's Quest - Postapocalyptic neo-medieval period picture book. Yesssss. Yes.
Anything by Graeme Base, but I have fond memories of The Eleventh Hour and The Sign of the Seahorse. Super-duper-detailed illustrations you can pour over for hours in addition to the story. Lots of hidden stuff in the illustrations, too
I'm not sure if it's any of these but I found some possibilities:
https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Cheese-Kids-Lessons-Friendship-ebook/dp/B07CMKSVV1
https://www.amazon.com/House-Mouse-Gabby-Dawnay/dp/050065137X
https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Home-Mouse-Elisa-Kleven/dp/1582462771
pretty much the same as this book https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Play-Outside-Elephant-Piggie/dp/1423113470
How many other campagains would put staffers into elephant costumes, to promote book featuring that same elephant.
I was wondering why people would rob themselves of those few quiet moments in the bathroom! (BRB, reading [http://www.amazon.com/Five-Minutes-Peace-Jill-Murphy/dp/0698117875](5 Minutes Peace) to children yet again and watching the underlying message woosh over them)
Definitely Elmer!
and
The Very Hungry Caterpiller
Were two of my faves as a kid :)
Yeah, looking down on someone for their economic status (like you) is very much different than me viewing someone like you as only concerned for self interest at the expense of their fellow citizens.
Economically downtrodden people cannot necessarily easily change their circumstances. You on the other hand, could try having empathy towards people without much cost (Though, admittedly it would take some effort for you, looking at how far you're gonna have to come from your current state.)
Might I suggest a classic work on the subject of empathy and standing up for those less fortunate than yourself.