An edition of An Elephant in the Garden (2010)

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An edition of An Elephant in the Garden (2010)

An elephant in the garden

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A family flee Dresden when it is bombed in World War II, along with a young elephant that the mother has saved from Dresden Zoo. Large print edition.

Publish Date
Publisher
Galaxy
Language
English
Pages
162

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Previews available in: Welsh English French

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Elephant in the Garden
2014, Oberon Books, Limited
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2013, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
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Collector's Edition - the Elephant in the Garden
2013, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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2013, Square Fish
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Elephant in the Garden
2013, Square Fish
in English
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An Elephant in the Garden
2012, HarperCollins Children's Books
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Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story
2011, Feiwel & Friends
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Xan Elephant in the Garden
Aug 24, 2011, Harper Collins Promotion
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Loin de la ville en flammes
2011, Gallimard jeunesse
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An elephant in the garden
2011, Galaxy
in English
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An elephant in the garden
2011, Square Fish
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
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An elephant in the garden
2011, HarperCollins Chidlren's Books, Harpercollins Childs, HarperCollins Children's Books
in English
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Elephant in the Garden
2010, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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An Elephant In The Garden
Oct 01, 2010, Oakhill Publishing Child (CD)
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An Elephant in the Garden
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An Elephant in the Garden
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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: HarperCollins Children's, 2010.

Published in
Bath

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914

The Physical Object

Pagination
162 pages
Number of pages
162

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31917103M
Internet Archive
elephantingarden0000morp_a4q8
ISBN 10
1405664770
ISBN 13
9781405664776
OCLC/WorldCat
720532697

Work Description

Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don't run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their garden instead. When the city is bombed, the family flees with thousands of others, but how can they walk the same route when they have an elephant in tow, and keep themselves safe? Along the way, they meet Peter, a Canadian navigator who risks his own capture to save the family.

As Michael Morpurgo writes in an author's note, An Elephant in the Garden is inspired by historical truths, and by his admiration for elephants, "the noblest and wisest and most sensitive of all creatures." Here is a story that brings together an unlikely group of survivors whose faith in kindness and love proves the best weapon of all.

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