Seventeen kings on forty-two elephants
Going on a journey through a wild wet night…
Join the kings and the elephants on their jungle journey, meeting new creatures as they dance and sing their way through the jungle.
From one of New Zealand’s most celebrated children’s writers, this is Margaret Mahy’s beautiful classic reimagined with illustrations from Alba Gil Celdrán, the winner of the 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.
PRAISE FROM READERS:
‘Mahy’s words are as deeply satisfying as freshly baked cakes.’
‘A good book to get children’s imaginations flowing.’
Other Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize titles include:
The Boy with Two Shadows with art by Sarah Greig.
The Boy Who Made Things Up with art by Lily Emo.
There’s a King in the Cupboard with art by Minrui Yang.
The Witch in the Cherry Tree with art by Jessica Twohill.
Going on a journey through a wild wet night…
Join the kings and the elephants on their jungle journey, meeting new creatures as they dance and sing their way through the jungle.
From one of New Zealand’s most celebrated children’s writers, this is Margaret Mahy’s beautiful classic reimagined with illustrations from Alba Gil Celdrán, the winner of the 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.
PRAISE FROM READERS:
‘Mahy’s words are as deeply satisfying as freshly baked cakes.’
‘A good book to get children’s imaginations flowing.’
Other Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize titles include:
The Boy with Two Shadows with art by Sarah Greig.
The Boy Who Made Things Up with art by Lily Emo.
There’s a King in the Cupboard with art by Minrui Yang.
The Witch in the Cherry Tree with art by Jessica Twohill.
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Reviews
A miraculous mixture of... joy and mystery, silliness and seriousness.
Mahy invents deliciously silly words to suit her rhymes and makes deft use of alliteration.
