When Your Elephant Has the Sniffles

by Susanna Leonard Hill, Daniel Wiseman (Illustrator)

Overview

When your elephant has the sniffles, you better make sure he doesn’t sneeze! This charming and hilarious board book highlights the many ways to make an under-the-weather elephant feel better!

Does your elephant have the sniffles? Make sure to take good care of him because you don’t want him to start sneezing. Gather up your tissues and your pillows and make that elephant feel better! But don’t get too close…or you just might end up with the sniffles, too!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481495066
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Series:	When Your...
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	26
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Susanna Leonard Hill is the award-winning author of nearly a dozen books for children, including Punxsutawney Phyllis (A Booklist Children’s Pick and Amelia Bloomer Project choice); No Sword Fighting in the House (a Junior Library Guild selection); Can’t Sleep Without Sheep (a Children’s Book of the Month); and Not Yet, Rose (a Gold Mom’s Choice Award winner). She lives in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley with her husband, children, and two rescue dogs. She loves chocolate, animals, and being outdoors.

Daniel Wiseman likes to draw. A lot. He likes it so much, he’s made a career out of it. Usually he draws animals wearing clothes, or kids enjoying a good dance party. However, when prodded, he’s been known to draw pretty much anything else. Daniel currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his beautiful wife and his equally beautiful son. When he isn’t drawing, he can usually be found doing one of these great things: perfecting his biscuit recipe, hiking up a mountain in some faraway location, singing loudly in his car, riding his bike on the mean streets of STL, or napping.

Editorial Reviews

06/19/2017
In a board book that reads like a picture book, an unseen narrator offers advice for caring for an under-the-weather elephant. Wiseman’s chunky cartoons introduce an unhappy-looking gray-blue elephant and the brown-skinned girl who tucks him into bed, brings him “lots of liquids,” and tries to keep him entertained. Hill’s cautionary text lets children imagine themselves as caregivers, and the ending—in which the girl winds up sick—will feel awfully familiar to adults who have watched the sniffles work their way through their own homes. Simultaneously available: When Your Lion Needs a Bath. Ages 2–4. Author’s agent: Liza Voges, Eden Street Literary. Illustrator’s agent: Teresa Kietlinski, Bookmark Literary. (July)

Publishers Weekly

2017-08-07
A child finds out an elephant with the sniffles is a lot of work—and can be contagious to boot!A brown-skinned child with two cute buns atop her head works very hard to stop her elephant's sniffles from turning into a sneeze in this lighthearted account. She puts him to bed, sweeps away any allergens, and even brings him a toy to cuddle up with. She soon learns, though, that an elephant in bed can get bored and that he'll need a lot of distracting. In the end, and despite all her efforts, the elephant sneezes. "Oh dear. When your elephant has the sniffles, you just might end up with them too!" The companion volume, When Your Lion Needs a Bath, follows an olive-skinned child attempting to bathe a smelly lion. Sneakiness and an understanding of the lion's disposition are the main ingredients in this equally lighthearted account. Simple, cartoonlike illustrations against mostly white backgrounds keep the focus on the main characters. The books hit just the right note for children in this age group, who are newly developing empathy and an understanding of others.Together with its companion, two humorous explorations of what it means to take care of a friend. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews