Elmer and Butterfly

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24 pages

English language

Published 2014 by Lerner Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-4677-6326-4
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One day, as Elmer is strolling through the jungle, he hears a cry for help. A butterfly has been trapped in a hole by a fallen branch. Elmer rushes to the rescue and frees her with ease. In return she promises to help Elmer should he ever need it. But just how can a butterfly ever help an elephant?

As Elmer the patchwork elephant is strolling through the jungle, he hears a cry for help. A butterfly is trapped. Elmer easily frees her. She promises to help Elmer, but how can a butterfly help an elephant?

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reviewed Elmer and Butterfly by David McKee

It's Fine

One of the things I've never liked about David McKee's books is that they feel routine and a bit dull? Not just because I'm reading them as an adult, but it's in comparison to other children's books. They're bright and colourful, but the story is always a bit lackluster and trite, with there being both tedious additions that go nowhere (in this book's case, another elephant who can throw his voice and play pranks) and also tedious structures for otherwise useful moral lessons.

This is usually the complaint I've had from students who've had to read it in elementary school because it was in their "reading level" or because it was assigned to them in class, and it's hard to not see why.