When Your Elephant Has the Sniffles

By Susanna Leonard Hill, Daniel Wiseman (Illustrator)

Part of the When Your Elephant Has the Sniffles series

Can you stop an elephant from sneezing and spreading the sniffles?

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26 pages

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Bookroo's summary

A little girl faces a big challenge: her elephant has the sniffles. Armed with tissues and pillows, she must prevent a sneeze that could cause chaos. Can she keep her distance and avoid catching the sniffles herself? Discover the hilarious and heartwarming ways she cares for her under-the-weather friend.

From the publisher

When your elephant has the sniffles, you better make sure he doesn’t sneeze! This charming and hilarious board book highlights the many ways to make an under-the-weather elephant feel better!

Does your elephant have the sniffles? Make sure to take good care of him because you don’t want him to start sneezing. Gather up your tissues and your pillows and make that elephant feel better! But don’t get too close…or you just might end up with the sniffles, too!

At a glance

Format: Board Book
Pages: 26
Reading age: 2–4
Audience: Board

Themes & topics

Books about feeling sick Books about elephants Books about pets Books about empathy Books about health and daily living

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Stories behind the story

Where did you get the idea for When Your Elephant Has the Sniffles?

Susanna: I have five children, and over the years they have supplied me with plenty of inspiration for stories. When Your Elephant Has The Sniffles was born from the many times one child brought the sniffles home from school and thoughtfully shared them with the rest of the family :) It is part of a series in which all the stories revolve around finding the fun in experiences that children sometimes find objectionable or unpleasant. In these stories, the animal has to take a bath or get the sniffles or have a haircut, and the child gets to be in charge - a nice switch on reality. When it came to the sniffles I thought, what could be worse than an elephant sneeze? And that’s how it was an elephant that got the sniffles :)

What readers & critics say

Reviews

5.5

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6.0

“Such a fun book to talk to your kids about sickness with a fun storyline. The whole story is about how you can help and take care of an elephant that has the sniffles, and the ideas in it teach how they can react if a sibling, parent, or they themselves get a cold.”

B is for Bookworm

Trusted reviewer

5.0

“Super cute book! The little girl's antics trying to help her elephant feel better are adorable (and hilarious!) and the parody of the parent-child relationship may be lost on your toddler, but it won't be on you :) I love that it creates empathy for the care giver and gives kids a framework for relating to how to take care of sick people (whether that's them, a sibling, or a parent!) It's a little long for my 18-month-old currently, and I have to read it pretty quickly or point out lots of things as we read to keep him engaged, but I'm holding out for the idea that it's planting fantastic ideas in his subconscious, and he'll enjoy it more as his attention span increases.”

Marmee

Trusted reviewer

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