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Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze!

Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze!( )
Author: Thomas, Patricia
Illustrator: Tripp, Wallace
ISBN:978-0-688-09338-9
Publication Date:Apr 1990
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $19.99
Book Description:

"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....

This classic story of an enormous sneeze in the marking, told in sprightly nonsense verse, is fun to share with a child...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Rabbits
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8 x 9.5 x 0.32 Inches
Book Weight:0.685 Pounds
Author Biography
Thomas, Patricia (Author)
Wallace Whitney Tripp was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 26, 1940. He studied graphic arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He received a bachelor's degree in education from Keene State College and studied English at the University of New Hampshire. He taught English for three years before becoming a full-time illustrator.

He was best known for his greeting cards and children's book illustrations. He created over 600 greeting cards for Pawprints Greeting Cards. He illustrated over 40 other books including Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze!; A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me; and Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey. He also worked on the Amelia Bedelia series. He wrote and illustrated Wallace Tripp's Wurst Seller. He died after a long fight with Parkinson's disease on September 9, 2018 at the age of 78.

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