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You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Racing Car

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You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Racing Car is a cheerful and riotous picture book featuring a band of quirky animals attempting the most unsuitable sports. From a weightlifting wombat to a figure-skating alligator, and an octopus playing table tennis, the hilarious animal antics promise to make readers chuckle. Packed with silly sporting scenes and beloved creatures, it is the fifth book in the bestselling You Can't Let an Elephant... series.
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This fun and lively book is perfect for young children who enjoy humorous stories and imaginative animal characters. It suits fans of picture books filled with playful illustrations and silly scenarios.

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A band of weird and wonderful creatures try to compete in the most unsuitable sports in this fifth title in the bestselling You Canโ€™t Let an Elephant . . . series.

A band of weird and wonderful creatures try to compete in the most unsuitable sports in this fifth title in the bestselling You Canโ€™t Let an Elephant . . . series.

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Brilliantly funny - Abi Elphinstone on You Can't Take an Elephant on Holiday

You will laugh out loud - Guardian on You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus

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A band of weird and wonderful creatures try to compete in the most unsuitable sports in this fifth title in the bestselling You Canโ€™t Let an Elephant... series.

Have you ever seen a weightlifting wombat, or a figure-skating alligator?
How about a pole-vaulting hippo, or an octopus . . . playing table tennis?

Get ready for all sorts of hilarious animal antics in this side-splitting picture book from the creators of the bestselling You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus. From zebras playing cricket to a walrus on a mountain bike, this book will make you laugh out loud. Jam-packed with silly animals and all your favourite sports, it's riotous, irresistible fun!

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Don't miss out on the other hilarious books in this series: You Canโ€™t Take an Elephant on the Bus, You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Digger, You Can't Call an Elephant in an Emergency, and You Can't Take an Elephant on Holiday. Collect them all!

Series: You Canโ€™t Let an Elephant...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526635396

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by David Tazzyman

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 274.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Patricia Cleveland-Peck is the author of several picture books, including the bestselling You Canโ€™t Let an Elephant series, which has sold over a quarter of a million copies.

David Tazzyman is the bestselling illustrator of the award-winning Mr Gum books (Egmont), as well as the You Canโ€™t Let an Elephant series for Bloomsbury. Heโ€™s the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and lives in Leicestershire with his family.

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