My Dog is An Elephant

by Rémy Simard, Pierre Pratt (Illustrator)

Rather than return to the zoo, an elephant attempts to hide himself using a variety of disguises, such as butterfly and dinosaur costumes, with humorous results, until he and the boy he has found decide the best place for him is Africa

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Rémy Simard est né par hasard en 1959 à Roberval. Après des études en n’importe quoi, il se lance en illustration. ne sachant faire autre chose, il se voue à la bande dessinée et au livre pour la jeunesse. Il essaie de vivre présentement quelque part à Montréal.

Reviews

[Guilherme Semionato]

Open Library.

[Jeanine]

Bold illustrations and fun story of problem solving and friendship. Felt a bit bad for the Mom though!

[Carolyn James]

This book is about an elephant running away from the circus. He enlists the help of a little boy who tries to create wild disguises for him till he can return to Africa.

I used this book a couple time while supplying and it seemed to work really well for a variety of elementary ages. The repetition of the mother fainting was easy for the young ones to catch onto and the humour hooked in the older grades. Overall a fun little book to keep in the classroom.

[Dylan & Belle at LearnPlayFun]

This story is about an elephant who the boy has to hide. He hides the elephant in his room in the closet, under the bed and in the cupboard. His mother freaks out. She faints. He tries to his his elephant friend in disguises. Make sure you look at the picture on the back cover!

My favourite part was when the elephant was in the sandbox.

Rated and reviewed by Dylan, age 8.