Meet Piers Penguin, Kyan Koala, Leo Lion, Zoe Zebra, George Giraffe, Ellie Elephant, Roddy Rhino and Tabby Tiger in these first eight books in the Top of the Class series. Ellie Elephant is scared of everything. She's scared of the dark, monsters under her bed, she's even scared of answering questions in class. One day she loses her special pebble - the one thing that keeps her safe - and her friend George Giraffe teaches her how not to be afraid anymore.

 

This book is part of a book series called Top Of the Class .

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 2005 by Pavilion Books .

Tom Morgan-Jones is an award winning illustrator whose work has appeared everywhere from children's books to buses and milk cartons to magazines. He has a sideline in satirical board games, and his work in this area is held in major collections including the V&A, Bodleian Library and GOMA, and has been exhibited in the Berlin Academy of Arts. Zuza Vrbova has written numerous books for young children over the past 15 years. She lectures on the MA course in childrens book illustration at APU Cambridge School of Art. Her main area of research is child psychology and culture in the context of childrens book illustration. Tom Morgan-Jones has illustrated numerous children's books in recent years. He graduated from APU Cambridge School of Art in 1997. He has been Artist in Residence at Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge. He was awarded a D & AD Yellow Pencil Award for Illustration in 1997 and a Bronze Medal from the Association of Illustrators in 2003. He is a lecturer in Graphic Design and tutor to the Cambridge University Illustration and Cartooning Society.