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'Full_Pages' Strictly No Elephants {EBOOK}'Full_Pages'Strictly NoElephants {EBOOK}DescriptionK-Gr 2—It's Pet Club Day, and the sign on the door at #17 clearlystates, 'Strictly NO Elephants.' Current members treasure their birds,fish, cats, and dogs, but a young boy taking a walk with his tinyelephant, sharing an umbrella in a cool fall rain, sees no welcome forhis friend, so he simply gives his usual support. 'That's what friendsdo—lift each other over the cracks…brave the scary things for you.'The boy and his elephant meet a girl with a skunk, who were alsoexcluded from the Pet Club meeting, and decide to start a club of theirown, one in which all are welcome. Friends 'never leave anyone behind.'Illustrations emphasize the warmth of this message with Photoshop, blockprints, and pencil in color spreads alternated with smaller vignetteshighlighting the expressions of the children and their pets. VERDICTWith a gentle message of inclusion and helping others, this titlereaches beyond a mere friendship story. A solid general purchase forlibraries and classrooms.—Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, PlanoISD, TX Read more After a little boy and his tiny elephant are barredfrom the Pet Club, they befriend other children with unusual pets. Thefirst-person narrative has a quiet, contemplative feel: “The troublewith having a tiny elephant for a pet is that you never quite fit in. /No one else has an elephant.― His pet is shy of sidewalk cracks: “Ialways go back and help him over. Thatâ€s what friends do: lift eachother over the cracks.― Embodying dejection after the two turn fromthat large, titular sign on the door, a double-page spread—a Photoshopaugmentedlinoleum block print—depicts a dark teal cityscape slashedwith raindrops and bobbing with black umbrellas. The Caucasian boy, hispet (in matching red scarves), and a little African-American girl incornrows and a red-and-orange striped dress are the bright spots in thispoignant tableau. Turns out that this girl—a pet skunk curled on herlap—has been turned away too. “He doesnâ€t stink,― she says.“No, he doesnâ€t,― concurs the boy and then suggests, “What if westart our own club?― Observant children will spot a porcupine, penguin,and giraffe peering from brownstone windows along the way; they andtheir children join others with equally exotic pets. Yooâ€s concludingscenes depict a treehouse occupation (its restrictive message changed to“ALL ARE WELCOME―) and multiethnic, multispecies harmony. Sweet andaffirming. -- Kirkus, August 15, 2015Having a tiny elephant for a petsounds idyllic, but a boy discovers that the local Pet Club doesnâ€tallow them; a stern girl points at a “Strictly No Elephants― sign.