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You Can't Take an Elephant into School

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Flamingo gym teachers swinging from the rafters? Hyena librarians howling in the hushed library? Koala science teachers causing a real stink? Written by the hilarious team behind the bestselling You Can't Take an Elephant series, this book is a must-have for both new and returning fans.... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From the duo behind the brilliant, bestselling You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus, comes a riotous new book set in a school where the animals are in charge and chaos reigns!

From the duo behind the brilliant, bestselling You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus, comes a riotous new book set in a school where the animals are in charge and chaos reigns!

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Flamingo gym teachers swinging from the rafters?
Hyena librarians howling in the hushed library?
Koala science teachers causing a real stink?

Written by the hilarious team behind the bestselling You Can't Take an Elephant series, this book is a must-have for both new and returning fans. With irresistible rhyme and laugh-out-loud illustrations, this action-packed book full of outlandish animal antics is sure to tickle the funny bone of anyone who’s ever been to school.

Series: You Can’t Let an Elephant...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526671509

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by David Tazzyman

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 244.0mm

Height: 272.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Patricia Cleveland-Peck has published fourteen children’s books including The String Family, Much Too Much, The Bus From Beyond and Shepherd Boy. She has also written adult books, plays and visited many countries as a travel journalist. Patricia lives on a smallholding in rural Sussex with lots of animals and a big untidy garden.

David Tazzyman is the bestselling illustrator of the Mr Gum books (Egmont), which have won a multitude of awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. David grew up in Leicester and studied illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University. He lives in Leicestershire with his partner and their three children.

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