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27 pp.
| Little |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-316-93118-7
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PS
In this expanded version of the popular hand-clapping rhyme, the elephant (who's "jumped so high... / He reached the sky... / And didn't come back... / Till the fourth of July...") lands in the middle of a picnic where Mary Mack promises him her silver buttons if he doesn't go back to the zoo. Westcott's loose and humorous illustrations add to the necessarily limited text. A melody line and instructions for hand-clapping are included on the front endpapers.