What To Do If an Elephant Stands On Your Foot

A frustrated narrator tries to advise a young adventurer how to stay safe on an African safari, but as the boy disregards each instruction, he sets off a change of hilarious disasters only to end up in back in the predicament that started everything. Reminiscent of Numeroff’s classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, this picture book prompts plenty of page turns as young readers wonder how the boy will get out of each successive mess – and how he will get into the next one. The playful interactions between the narrator and the boy is also a delightful twist on the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie trope, though it is not particularly clear from the beginning that there is a narrator speaking and young readers may at first assume the boy show more himself is narrating. Nevertheless, readers who enjoy the interactive narrative style of Willems’ Pigeon series will likely appreciate the narrator here. The cartoonish illustrations add to the humor, with the animal’s expressions and the boy’s over-the-top reactions provide many a laugh. Recommended for readers ages 4 to 7. show less

This book was so cute. I really liked it. One reason I liked this book is that the word choice was very clear. The text was very easy to read and the author wrote the text so it would have different color fonts and different size fonts. The words on the pages were very appropriate and they were very comical! For example, one page said, “DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO CLIMB A TREE. Oh, for goodness’ sake! Go ahead, then, if you must – but don’t say I didn’t warn you!” The book had hidden jokes a comical language in it that was very interesting as a reader.
Another reason I enjoyed this book was because of the illustrations. They were so descriptive and they were parallel to the text. Without reading the text, you could tell what was show more going on in the story. As a zookeeper tried to be quiet and run away from animals after waking them up, he ran into more and more animal problems. The main idea of this story was to get away from the animals the zookeeper woke up, but to not run into any more animals. He certainly ran into more problems. show less

This story was a great adventure story; I love elephants so I picked it for that reason. I could also relate to the little boy because as a child I would always pretend to go on safari adventures. This book is a humorous take on explaining cause and effect. By one thing happening, like an elephant standing on your foot you could find yourself in a river of crocodiles screaming for help from the monkeys. It also encourages people to ask for help and ask multiple times. I know there have been many times in my life that after I have asked for help once I do not want to ask again; however, this story proves that if you need help you should ask. Not every situation will be as extreme as being chased by a rhinoceros or ending up in a tree show more full of snakes, but still you shouldn’t hold back. On almost every page we can see what the boy has caused by each of his actions because we see all the animals still attempting to chase him in the background. My favorite part of the story is in the end were the boy is told to remember his manners and thank the monkeys for rescuing him and to apologize for startling the elephant in the first place. It is always important to remember your manners no matter what kind of day you have had, always practice kindness. show less

If an elephant steps on your foot, be sure not to startle it, because if you do, you will attract a tiger! If a tiger spots you be sure not to make the slightest sound, or you will attract a rhinoceros. This book takes us along as a little boy tries to get out of predicaments with various animals, and is finally saved by monkeys. Until he startles an elephant again.... This book is hilarious and can definately be read with great enthusiasm and suspense! This book would be a lot of fun to read to kids during a unit on animals!

Have you ever had an elephant stand on your foot? Did you panic and not know what to do? Just in case you ever do encounter such a situation, you need to know what to do in order to ensure that is no panic at all, whatsoever, for you never know what could happen...Follow the trusty narrator through a series of events that could very well happen if an elephant stands on your foot and you panic. On this fun adventure, come face-to-face with tigers, monkeys, and alligators (oh my!), all consequences of crossing paths with a silly elephant. Robinson, a recently new author, has written other books including that of “Goodnight Digger” and “How to Find a Fruit Bat.” Her suspenseful narration throughout the story keeps the reader show more guessing and involved, making them want to yell and sneeze along with the animals and narrator. Reynolds, hit illustrator of the “Judy Moody” series and Judy Blume books, does it again in this story creating another world for the reader, full of kid-friendly animals and close encounters. So, if you ever plan on stumbling across an elephant in your life, make sure that you know what to do and make sure that you DO NOT panic! show less

What would you do if an elephant stood on your foot? This story brings the reader through the many things that can happen if you react to an elephant standing on your foot. From waking up other animals to playing with monkeys, this is a story that younger children will love.

This book is an etiquette book for the jungle. It informs you what you should do if you find an elephant has stepped on your foot or how you should react to a crocodile trying to eat you.