The Elmer Treasury: Volume 4

David McKee

Sep 2022 · Bolinda · Narrated by Hugh Dennis

About this audiobook

A modern classic, Elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since his creation in 1989 and has sold over 4 million copies around the world. Elmer is not your normal grey elephant – his colourful exuberance cannot be contained for long! With his trademark cheeky humour, Elmer shows us that it’s OK to be different. This fourth audiobook collection features more of the bestselling Elmer picture books, including: Elmer and the Tune Elmer and the Bedtime Story Elmer and the Lost Treasure Elmer’s Birthday Elmer’s Walk Elmer and the Gift

Ratings and reviews

After buying the first Elmer Treasury we went for this one as my son has a lot of the books in this one. Unfortunately I much prefer the first narrator. These stories feel rushed and flat and there's too much music underneath the narration in my opinion.

About the author

David McKee grew up in Devon, England. Later, while a student at Plymouth Art College, he began selling his cartoon drawings to newspapers. Since 1964 he published a number of successful books for children, including the King Rollo stories, which he helped animate for British television. His first book for Lothrop was Snow Woman, of which Publishers Weekly said, 'It is McKee's superb humor – conveyed almost solely in the illustrations... that wins the day.' Of his second Lothrop book, Who's a Clever Baby, Publishers Weekly had this to say: 'Grandma's alliterative frenzies are fascinating and readers will find Baby's manipulative stubbornness vastly amusing.'

Hugh Dennis is an English actor, presenter, writer and comedian who rose to prominence supporting Jasper Carrott in a number of his 1980s' BBC series, then to stardom as a member of the Mary Whitehouse Experience sketch group on television. He is now best known for his appearances in The Now Show, Mock The Week and Outnumbered.