The Elephant

Peter Carnavas

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9780702260551

An exquisite first novel from acclaimed picture book author and illustrator Peter Carnavas about Olive, Dad and his elephant. 'Your dad won't fix your bike - until you fix your dad.' Olive's father has a sadness so big that she imagines it as an enormous elephant following him around. Every day Olive sees the elephant, and every day she wishes it would go. With the help of Grandad and her best friend, Arthur, Olive sets out to chase the elephant away. But how can Olive move something so big?

Table of contents

• Cover
• This book belongs to
• Dedication
• Title page
• The Elephant
• Grandad
• The Thinking Spot
• Arthur
• Ms March
• Lunch
• The Bicycle
• Side by Side
• The Photograph
• Under the Bed
• The Typewriter
• Dinner
• The Squeeze Box
• The Book
• The Pigeon
• Old Movies
• The Colourful Parts
• The Record Player
• Upside Down
• The Camera
• The Tree
• Black
• A Voice
• Awake
• Crumpled Paper
• The Picture
• An Idea
• Happy Birthday
• An Old and Wonderful Thing
• Another Old and Wonderful Thing
• A Falling Sky
• A Very Big Heart
• The Animals
• The Shed
• A Plan
• Rainbow
• Chasing the Elephant Away
• The Workshop
• The Surprise
• Goodbye
• Perfect
• Acknowledgements
• Author biography
• Imprint page