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Elmer

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Elmer by David McKee

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By David McKee

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365 reviews

Presents a message is that it is ok to be different.

Reviews

01 Jan 2026

It’s interesting story how Elmer help to sleep the little elephants. I enjoyed it.

24 Dec 2025

My favourite character is Elmer. I would recommend it.

14 Dec 2025

I like Elmer’s colours and my favourite part of the story was when he said Boo! I like when Elmer is different, not like the other elephants. I think everybody should read the story and see Elmer’s colours.

16 Sep 2025

Elmer is the patchwork elephant.

08 Sep 2025

I liked all the colours that made Elmer extra colourful. I would really like to see an elephant that colour.

03 Sep 2025

I like when all the elephants change colour. We always pick which pattern we would have.

01 Sep 2025

I love all the elephant patterns at the end. I like it when Elmer meets all the other animals on the way.

26 Aug 2025

I like Elmer

26 Aug 2025

I really enjoyed this book

25 Aug 2025

I loved all of the coloured elephants at the end

22 Aug 2025

I really like this story. I like Elmer because he is an elephant and that’s my favourite kind of animal. I like that he is colourful.

22 Aug 2025

It's a classic for a reason - lovely illustrations, nice message and funny.

20 Aug 2025

Love these stories and the pictures. They are so colourful.

19 Aug 2025

I liked it because Elmer was different and colourful. It shows its OK to be yourself

18 Aug 2025

Elmer is not like the other elephants in the herd, he was not elephant coloured. He was patchwork and kept the elephants happy. One day he was tired of being different and covered himself in berry juice until he looked like any other elephant and rejoined the herd. After a while he noticed that the elephants were more serious than ever and then he shouted 'Boo!' and all the elephants laughed as never before. The elephants decided to celebrate Elmer's Day every year and all elephants must decorate themselves. A great book about celebrating diversity.

18 Aug 2025

It was funny when Elmer rolled around in the berries

18 Aug 2025

I really liked this book because it teaches us that it is ok to be different and you don’t have to be the same as everybody else.

12 Aug 2025

I learnt this at school I like it lots

08 Aug 2025

Elmer is a beautiful story about being yourself. He is the funniest elephant of them all. I have a carpet in my class which is Elmer coloured, and will definitely be reading this!

07 Aug 2025

Many colours, recommended to friends

05 Aug 2025

It was great there was a patchwork elephant.

04 Aug 2025

I liked Elmer best because he was the most colourful and funny elephant

30 Jul 2025

I like Elmer because he does the right things

29 Jul 2025

Best Elmer book.

21 Jul 2025

All of it!

11 Jul 2025

This was a lovely book to read to the children that explained the importance of being different. It opened up a lovely conversation about how everyone is unique and to embrace our differences.

08 Jul 2025

I like that because it was fun and we got to learn different colours and we might not know those colours. It is to be different because everyone is different.

06 Mar 2025

This is a very colourful character and I we read about it in school also.

11 Jan 2025

I like elmer because he had patchwork.
I recommend this book .

09 Jan 2025

I like the colours and the elephant

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