The elephant

Title:

The elephant

Author:

Carnavas, Peter, 1980- author, illustrator.

Summary:

"A young girl named Olive imagines her father's depression as an elephant that follows him everywhere he goes. Determined to rid her home of the oppressive elephant, Olive gets help from her grandfather and her best friend with an expression of love that helps set her father on the path to recovery."-- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

"Originally published by University of Queensland Press, Queensland, Australia, 2017."--Title page verso.

Physical Description:

169 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject Term:

Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction.

Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Pajama Press,

Publication Date:

2020

2017

ISBN:

9781772781021

Publication Information:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pajama Press, [2020]

Call Number:

J CARNAVAS

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003384230	Juvenile Fiction	CARNAVAS	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

A jewel of a middle-grade novel about a resilient little girl who longs for her dad to break free from the elephant of his depression.

When Olive's dad drags himself to work in the morning, the elephant goes with him. When he comes home again, so does the elephant. It's always there, heavy and silent, casting a shadow of sadness over him. Olive knows it has been like this since her mother passed away when she was a year old, and she can't stand to see her father burdened anymore. With help from her grandfather and her best friend Arthur, she hatches a plan to rid her family of the elephant once and for all.

Before long, she'll learn that while happiness isn't that simple, small things can move mountains--or elephants.

Award-winning author-illustrator Peter Carnavas portrays a child's response to her father's depression with naïve wisdom. In defiance of the looming grey presence, The Elephant is an intergenerational story of resilience, family, and hope.