The Thingamajig

Written and illustrated by Rilla Alexander

A young elephant searches for lost items, uncovering a whimsical mystery.

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48 pages· ~520L

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Bookroo's summary

Join a young elephant on a whimsical quest to find lost items for their animal friends. As the elephant searches for their parent's missing thingamajig, they discover a snail's sun shield, a squirrel's acorn carrier, and ladybugs' table have vanished. Is there a thief, or is something else at play? Dive into this playful mystery and uncover the truth behind the missing doohickeys.

From the publisher

A young elephant is on the case to find the miscellaneous objects their animal neighbors have lost in this playful and whimsical humdinger of a picture book. Little elephant’s parent can’t quite remember the name of the thing they’ve lost, but they need it back! While on the hunt for the misplaced thingamajig, little elephant discovers other animals are missing things as well. Snail’s hoo-pull-dee-pewp for staying safe from the sun has disappeared. So has squirrel’s shis-moo for carrying acorns. And all the ladybugs are missing the ha-bee ja-bee they use for a table. Is there a thief on the loose–or is there a simpler explanation for where all these different doohickeys have gone? Backmatter pages explain the around-the-world origins of each nonsense word appearing in the story.

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