Product Description

Join Elmer on his day of fun and visiting friends.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1098157 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Board book
• 16 pages

About the Author
David McKee is a popular children's author/artist, whose most famous creation is Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. He has published numerous other children's books, and written for film, including several children's series for the BBC. He lives in England.

Customer Reviews

Elmer's day
Greetings;

This is a book for young children. I was looking for some Urdu text to read. I am studying Urdu. There isn't a lot of narrative, but, I also have four grandchildren who will like the book. I can use it to introduce the idea of Urdu language script and words.

thanks

Only because there's next to nothing else in urdu
I'm disappointed in the Elmer series in Urdu. I would only recommend it to people who couldn't get a hold of anything else - and that's the only reason I might get a couple of others in the series. The translation is not good. I complained to the publisher but they stood their ground and claimed that the translator was an educationist. I'm sorry but they need to get a better translation. "A shower wakes Elmer up" is translated as "paani ki avaz se Elmer ki aankh khul jaati hai." It's not the sound of water but a SHOWER (nahaana) that wakes him up! It's so basic. The other thing I dislike about it is that it is English-centric. The story is not appropriate for an urdu translation anyway. "Lines" is "lakeerain" in Urdu, not "lineain." How hard is it to find a story with words that are colloquial in Urdu? Despite good production value, I am disappointed in this series and would rather order stuff from Pakistan when my kid is willing to read without ripping a paper-book apart.