Product Description

A 2008 Silver Medalist for the Mom's Choice Awards (Juvenile Level 1 Books, Ages 5-8) and 2008 New Mexico Book Award finalist! A London Adventure! Visit London with the Elephant family. Fun is in store as twins Harold and Penelope travel from Africa with their parents. Join the adventure as the family tiptoes through historic buildings, rides the Underground, and enjoys traditional English food. But when Harold and Penelope disappear from the Natural History Museum, the detectives from Scotland Yard are called in to solve the case!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408811 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• 96 pages

Review
An Elephant Family Adventure: The Elephants Visit London is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom s Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book/product has been honored by this distinguished award. --Mom's Choice Awards

About the Author
Beverly Eschberger first met the Elephant Family on a trip to Bath, England and a new friendship was made. The Elephant's have let Ms. Eschberger recount their travel adventures around the world so that children would know more about the fun of travel. Ms. Eschberger currently lives in New Mexico when she is not traveling with the Elephant family to record their latest adventure.

Customer Reviews

A scattering of simple black-and-white illustrations round out this wonderful book
The Elephants Visit London is a delightful and inexpensive treat for young readers who have just discovered the joy of chapter books. Following the Elephant family (two parents and their twin children Harold and Penelope - all of them bipedal elephants dressed in nice travel clothes) during their trip to London, The Elephants Visit London shows an elephant's-eye view of historic buildings, traditional English food, and the Natural History Museum. But when the twins suddenly go missing from the museum, detectives from Scotland Yard are set on the case! The last few pages offer lists to help young readers reacquaint themselves with British English terms mentioned in the book, such as "telephone call box" (telephone booth). A scattering of simple black-and-white illustrations round out this wonderful book, fun to read in its own right and especially recommended to help prepare young people for the culture shock of visiting London and England.

Delightful read!
The Elephants Visit London is a delightful read for children and the adults who read it to them. Every child will giggle at the possibility of a trench coat and hat being enough to disguise an elephant! They'll understand that only adults are too blinded by what they see to look beyond to the reality that lies within. Eschberger has incorporated a lot of history and sight-seeing in a witty story. As a former children's librarian, I'd be happy to hand this book to one of my patrons. Bring on the next Adventure...and don't forget the peas!

Not quite what I expected
We got this book for my four year old kid, if the book had an "Amazon Look Inside" I would have changed my mind.

The book is a bit dull with no colors and not the best drawings. Nevertheless, should have expected this at the price.

Better books are available.