Carmela D'Amico
Forfatter af Ella the Elegant Elephant
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Ella the elegant elephant 6 eksemplarer
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- female
- Bopæl
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Uddannelse
- Fullerton College
- Erhverv
- writer
children's educator - Relationer
- D'Amico, Steven (former spouse)
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- Værker
- 9
- Medlemmer
- 745
- Popularitet
- #34,104
- Vurdering
- 3.9
- Anmeldelser
- 22
- ISBN
- 43
- Sprog
- 2
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- 1
This was a very cute book with illustrations that reminded me of The Adventures of Babar (Although, it could have been also been the fact that this book's characters are elephants). This husband and wife team worked really well together to create a story and characters that were both really fun to read about. I enjoyed the illustrations particularly. I just thought they were so cute and they are still enticing me to draw Ella riding her cart filled with cake.
Ella has one main obstacle she has to confront. You would think it would be her being too small but really it's two words: Belinda Blue. Belinda Blue is a very inconsiderate, pushy elephant who doesn't take no for an answer. She puts Ella in positions that have her compromising the arrival of her cake delivery. I think Belinda brings up a great conversation for parents to talk to their kids about bullies or people who only think of themselves. It would have been nice to see Ella tell Belinda how she feels about her actions but maybe in another one of Ella's books.
I noticed Ella only seems to have one parent. I haven't read any other books about her so I don't know if it is true. If Ella has a single parent I think that's really inspiring and shows diversity in the way families can be different from one another. Her mom being a single parent and a business owner? I loved that about this book.
I would recommend reading Ella Takes the Cake. It was a very cute book that is a conversation starter. I would also recommend reading Ella's first book, Ella the Elegant Elephant, before this one since there was reference to Ella's lucky hat and of course so you can understand the basics of Ella's life in Little Village.… (mere)