The Elephant and the Bad Baby [Hardcover]

Elfrida Vipont (Author), R. Briggs (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1969

The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride and they go 'rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta down the road.' They help themselves to ice creams, pies, buns, crisps, biscuits, lollipops and apples, and the shopkeepers follow them down the road shouting and waving. All ends well as the Bad Baby learns to say 'Please' and his mother makes pancakes for everyone.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Elfrida Vipont worked as a teacher, singer and writer. She wrote over 30 books and won the Carnegie Medal in 1950 for Lark on the Wing. Raymond Briggs has produced wonderful children's books including the classic titles The Snowman, Father Christmas and When the Wind Blows - all made into immensely successful films. Raymond lives in Sussex. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd (September 1, 1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0241016398
• ISBN-13: 978-0241016398
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book provided a bond between my Father and I., June 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Elephant and the Bad Baby (Paperback)

This book is just a silly little book about the journey of a bad baby who is ungrateful. It provided a lasting memory for my Father and I because he puts himself in character when he reads. I am 28 and I remember my dad reading this to me when I was 5,6,7 ect. This year for Christmas I found a copy of the book and gave it to him. He was overjoyed and sat right down to read it to me. Even at 28 it is a memory that will never leave me.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars still love it after all these years, September 29, 2002

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"ksiano" (Cordova, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Elephant and the Bad Baby (Hardcover)

This book was one of the first books i ever read. I was 6 years old then, now i'm 35. I loved the elephant's "rumpita, rumpita, rumpita"ing all through the town. I have shared this book with my three children who love it just as i did. It is a bit dated now, but so are most books that are this old. Times change. I still can recite it almost word for word from my memory. This is a classic and hopefully i can share this book with my grandchildren one day.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Somebody, please reprint this gem of a story!, August 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Elephant and the Bad Baby (Hardcover)

The very joy in reading this book to young children is the outrageous silliness - it is indeed absurd that a baby would be bad or that an elephant would shoplift with abandon, but my own children literally loved this book to pieces, and now they want to 'rumpeta' through the pages with their own kids.