Kids into books - Elephants Don't Sit On Cars

This week's title: Elephants Don't Sit On Cars

Author: David Henry Wilson

Publisher: Macmillan, $12.95

Illustrator: Axet Scheffler

Age group: 7-9 years

'Mummy,' said Jeremy James, 'there's an elephant sitting on Daddy's car.'

'Yes, dear,' said Mummy, eyes fixed on hands fixed on dough fixed on table.

'Mummy, why is the elephant sitting on Daddy's car?'

"I expect it's tired, dear. It'll probably get up and go away soon.'

'Well, it hasn't,' said Jeremy James two minutes later. 'It hasn't got up. The car's done down, but the elephant hasn't got up. Mummy, do you think I ought to tell Daddy?'

"No, no, leave your father,' said Mummy, 'you know he hates being interrupted when he's working.'

'Daddy's watching a football match on television.'

'If Daddy says he's working, he's working.'

'Well, there's an elephant sitting on his car,' said Jeremy James. Mummy thumbed sultanas into the dough to make eyes and noses.