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Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency

Cressida Cowell, Author

Neal Layton, Illustrator

Paperback

Series: Emily Brown

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: June 4, 2015

Category: Picture storybooks

ISBN: 9781444923438

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Emily Brown, Stanley the bunny and Matilda the elephant are busy going on adventures, but every time they get to a particularly exciting part . . . Ring! Ring! goes the Emergency Telephone and it’s Matilda’s mummy on the end worrying that Matilda isn’t wearing her wellies, or eating properly or almost anything. How can Emily Brown persuade her that sometimes adventures are good?

This brilliant title from this award-winning team is a witty and poignant book about the importance of spending quality time with your children and allowing them to explore the world around them.

‘A sensitive and witty handling of fears that has a valuable lesson for adults too. Great fun.’ – Daily Mail

Written by Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/

Illustrated by award winning Neal Layton, creator of Stanley’s Stick.
http://www.neallayton.co.uk/

Reviews

A sensitive and witty handling of fears that has a valuable lesson for adults too. Great fun

Daily Mail

This zany story is full of fun as well as being an imaginative exploration of insecure emotional attachment. Layton's illustrations are perfect foils for the story. Quite superb. *****

Books For Keeps

Neal Layton's artwork is an absolute joy.

INIS

Already firm favourites.. each story has been brilliant.

School Librarian

The latest in the delightful Emily Brown series.

Independent on Sunday

Great fun.

Daily Mail

Superb. *****

Books For Keeps

Plenty of colourful visual adventures for the younger reader to enjoy.

Carousel

No.8 in The Hit List - Over protective parenting causes problems in the latest in the delightful Emily Brown series

The Independent on Sunday

[A] delicious fantastical adventure

The Guardian

This zany story is full of fun as well as being an imaginative exploration of insecure emotional attachment...Quite superb

Books For Keeps

Aimed squarely at mums and dads who will be sharing this, the message is delivered in a light-hearted, wryly knowing way, with plenty of colourful, visual adventures for the young reader to enjoy

Carousel

An absolute cracker of a picture bokk to stretch your imagination

Newbury Weekly News

Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell was the Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2019-2022). She is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.

The Wizards of Once series has been translated into 38 languages and has been signed by DreamWorks Animation. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 42 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.

Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children’s Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children’s Book Prize.

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Neal Layton

Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books. He has worked on more than 80 titles to date, working with authors such Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen, and won several prizes including a Gold Award in the Nestle Children’s Book Prize for That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown. His books have also been shortlisted for the Red House Book Awards, the Blue Peter Book Awards, the Booktrust Early Years Award, Funfzig Jahre Deutcher Jugendliteraturpreis and New York Public Library’s annual list of Best Children’s Books.He also writes his own books, such as eco-picture book A Planet Full of Plastic and ‘The Invincible Tony Spears’ fiction series. His books are currently in print in more than 16 languages worldwide. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two daughters.