The Elmer Treasury

David McKee

Oct 2017 · Bolinda · Narrated by Stephen Thorne

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 audiobook collection features eight of the bestselling Elmer picture books, including: Elmer Elmer’s Christmas Elmer and the Monster Elmer and the Flood Elmer and the Lost Teddy Elmer and the Rainbow Elmer and Aunt Zelda Elmer and Rose.

Ratings and reviews

My son loves these books. Thank god we don't pay every time we press play!! The narration is great and paced perfectly.

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.'

Stephen Thorne is a British actor of radio, film, stage and television. He is known for Runaway (1984), Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race (1985) and Doctor Who (1963). He has recorded over 300 unabridged audiobooks including children's stories, which have earned critical acclaim in both the UK and the US. Awards include a Talkies Award 1996 for Enigma by Robert Harris and several Golden Earphones Awards from AudioFile Magazine.