Never Mail an Elephant
by Mike Thaler
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The narrator has trouble mailing an elephant as a birthday present to Cousin Edna.Tags
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Very funny. Great illustrations. I don't get tired of reading this one repeatedly to my daughter.
Extremely cute story about a boy that tries to mail an elephant to his friend next door.
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Mike Thaler was born in Los Angeles, California in 1936. He started his professional career drawing cartoons for adults. A children's book editor saw one of these cartoons and encouraged Mike to try his hand at writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and The Magic Boy was published in 1961. The creator of the Letterman from PBS's show more Electric Company series, Mike Thaler has published over 130 children's books and is known by his fans as the Riddle King. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1994
- Dedication
- For all the wonderful gang at the Stone Ridge Post Office, 12484. M.T.
For the hard-working people at the Croton-on Hudson Post Office, 10520. J.S. - First words
- One day I decided to mail my cousin Dilly an elephant for her birthday.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Happy Birthday!
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- Genres
- Children's Books, Picture Books
- DDC/MDS
- 383.497 — Society, government, & culture Commerce, communications & transportation regulations Postal communication Postal History By Region North America
- LCC
- PZ7 .T3 .N — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- (3.82)
- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
- 4
