The Obvious Elephant

When an elephant arrives - unannounced and totally unexpected - in the village square, no one knows what it is. But everyone is prepared to make a wild guess. Could it be a train? Or a fire engine or even something for collecting rubbish? It is all down to the persistence of one little boy called Eric that eventually ensures that the identity of the elephant is deduced - and the poor thing is given a name. A funny, unusual and very whimsical picture book.

Bruce Robinson is the author of THE PECULIAR MEMOIRS OF THOMAS PENMAN and wrote the screenplays for, amongst other films, The Killing Fields and Withnail and I. This is his first book for children. Sophie Windham has illustrated several highly successful picture books including UNICORNS, UNICORNS for Orchard. This is her first picture book for Bloomsbury. Sophie and Bruce are husband and wife and live together in Herefordshire.