Mrs Nellie seems a sensible elephant, until one day she spies a mouse, and is completely terrified. The mouse tries to allay Mrs Nellie''s fears, and changes everyth ing about him that might be frightening, until he becomes a huge, roaring creature '

 

This book features in the following series: Orchard, Picture Books .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1996 by Hachette Children's Group .

Shen Roddie has written many wonderful books for children including our own PLEASE DON'T CHAT TO THE BUS DRIVER and WHOEVER'S HEARD OF A HIBERNATING PIG. She lives in Oxford. This is Jenny's first picture book for Bloomsbury. Jenny splits her time between fine art and illustration and she lives in Montgomery, Wales. Sonia Holleyman, together with Hiawyn Oram, is the creator of the super-successful Mona series. Look out for the four Mona short stories publishing together with Mona The Vampire: The Tinned Poltergeist, The Jackpot Disaster, The Big Brown Bap Monster and The Hairy Hands.