Why Would Elephants Rather Play Tag?

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WHY WOULD ELEPHANTS RATHER PLAY TAG?

Friends of all shapes and sizes play hide and seek.

The mouse counts to ten. The bee hides in a matchbox, the cat hides in the piano, and the elephant looks, and looks, and looks....

Will he be able to find a hiding spot in time?

This story invites children into a fun game of hide and seek and is ideal for beginner readers.

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Por qué los elefantes prefieren jugar a la mancha by Silvina Rocha and illustrated by mEy! Original edition ©2013 by Pequeño Editor, Buenos Aires, Argentina www.pequenoeditor.com Text copyright © 2013 by Silvina Rocha Illustrations copyright © 2013 by mEy! English translation copyright © 2015 by Doubledutch Books First published in English in Canada and the USA in 2015 by Doubledutch Books Printed in Canada by Friesens All rights are otherwise reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical—without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Rocha, Silvina, 1969[Por qué los elefantes prefieren jugar a la mancha. English] Why would elephants rather play tag? / Silvina Rocha ; illustrator, mEy! ; translator, Silvana Goldemberg.

Translation of: Por qué los elefantes prefieren jugar a la mancha.

ISBN 978-0-9940570-6-8 (paperback) I. mEy!, 1985-, illustrator II. Goldemberg, Silvana, 1963-, translator III. Title. IV. Title: Por qué los elefantes prefieren jugar a la mancha. English.

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S i lva n a G o l d e m b e r g

Elephant, Cat, Mouse, and Bee decide to play hide and seek.

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Mouse closes his eyes and starts to count out loud.

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The others race away

to find a place to hide.

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Bee chooses a matchbox.

Can a bee fit inside a matchbox?

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Cat climbs into the piano.

Can a cat fit inside a piano?

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Elephant thinks, and thinks, and thinks, and thinks.

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Can an elephant fit inside a wardrobe?

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Silvina Rocha was born in Tucumán, Argentina. In addition to being a writer, she is a singer and a composer. Silvina has published Mateo y su Gato Rojo (Mateo and his Red Cat), Las Ovejas de Lala (Lala’s Sheep) and Pajaritos en la Cabeza (Little Birds in the Head), and Fernandito, her latest book. mEy! was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a house with a backyard. She studied to become an art teacher at the School of Fine Arts Rogelio Yrurtia.

Later, she studied design for several years at the University of Buenos Aires where she discovered and fell completely in love with the world of illustration.

Since 2014, mEy! has been part of the project, Pequeños Grandes Mundos.

With this group, she travels the world providing free art workshops for children in the mountains, at the beach, or in a city.

You can visit her at <www.pequeniosgrandesmundos.org>.

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WHY WOULD ELEPHANTS RATHER PLAY TAG?

Friends of all shapes and sizes play hide and seek.

The mouse counts to ten. The bee hides in a matchbox, the cat hides in the piano, and the elephant looks, and looks, and looks....

Will he be able to find a hiding spot in time?

This story invites children into a fun game of hide and seek and is ideal for beginner readers.

www.doubledutchbooks.com

doubledutch books

ISBN 978-0-9940570-6-8