Go Tell It to the Toucan - Hardcover

Colin West enjoys working on all types of book, including poetry and story books and has been described by The Good Book Guide as "the most consistently good poet of the absurd for children since Edward Lear." Colin lives in Battle, near Hastings, East Sussex.

PreSchool-Grade 1-- Bright, cheerful cartoons of 17 animals are the main attraction of this book. The text tells of an elephant who hopes to celebrate his birthday with a "birthday jamboree." He wants the toucan to invite everyone, but cannot find him. Elephant tells tiger to look for him but tiger cannot find him, so he tells warthog to look for him, but warthog cannot find him, and so on through the rest of the animals until the toucan is found and elephant has his birthday party. With the repetition of the animals' names on almost every page, the book is obviously meant to be read aloud. However, there are too many animals to hold interest, and most children will have run out of patience long before the elephant runs out of animals. --Suzanne Wolfe, Shady Side Academy Junior School, Pittsburgh
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