"stand Back," Said the Elephant, "i'm Going to Sneeze!"
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 23, 1990
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- Who it’s for
- Sprightly nonsense verse turns one elephant’s sneeze into a lively read-aloud full of animal alarm.
- Themes
- Animal panic, Anticipation of a giant sneeze
- Genres
- Elephant Stories, Stories in Verse, Funny Stories
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“A picture book filled with giggles.” —Publishers Weekly All the animals are in a panic. The elephant's sneeze would blow the monkeys out of the trees, the feathers off the birds, the stripes off the zebra! Even the fish and the fly, the crocodile and the kangaroo know what a catastrophe that sneeze would be. "Please don't sneeze!" they beg....
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This classic story of an enormous sneeze in the marking, told in sprightly nonsense verse, is fun to share with a child at home or as a read-aloud at school. It's sure to make even wriggling little ones pay attention and join in!
A Sneeze to Share
Sprightly nonsense verse turns one elephant’s sneeze into a lively read-aloud full of animal alarm.
Come here for
- Playful verse and a mounting chorus of “Please don’t sneeze!”
- A read-aloud that invites little listeners to join in
Expect
- Comic anticipation, with animals imagining the sneeze’s consequences
- A light, participatory story suited to sharing aloud
Where it sits
| Elephant Stories | 76% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 70% |
| Stories in Verse | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bear Stories
- Bird Stories
- Elephant Stories
- Fish Stories
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- Giraffe Stories
- Jungle Animals
- The Classics
- Funny Stories
- Authors
- Patricia Thomas
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 23, 1990
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Animal panic · Anticipation of a giant sneeze
- Reading lane
- Bear Stories