Too Many Elephants in this House by Ursula Dubosarsky

In the quiet calm of the night they notice the missing presence of each other’s company. In the beginning they hardly notice each other’s absence, enjoying their time crashing toy trains and racing bikes around the yard, and dining on spectacular meals. However, their sense of security is suddenly shattered when the twins discover that they will be spending the night apart.

With a noisy racket and a toy-ladened house, Dad and Auntie Pim join forces to organise a well-deserved break for the single father. Absolutely exhausting their poor old Dad, this duo’s energy just doesn’t seem to tire. ‘I want to be the same as him!’, Ed reveals, as no contrast will be accepted, even if caused by a dirty, wet pond. In their colourful, safe world with their Dad, they share a definite cheekiness, curiosity about their twin existence, and an unequivocal bond. The only thing differentiating them are their initials on their tee shirts. With their matching eyes, mouth, feet, and head, and their arms, legs, knees, nose, ears and toes that are the same. Tim and Ed, identical twin koalas, are pretty much the same. And another terrific team they have introduced more recently, are the adorable Tim and Ed. But what about young, lively, always busy, curious twins? Now that would be a handful!ĭubosarsky and Joyner make a great award-winning team, already bringing us The Terrible Plop and Too Many Elephants in This House, which was chosen as the 2014 National Simultaneous Storytime picture book. Having two kids under five is busy enough constantly picking up after them, the daily hustle and bustle, and the shouts, shrieks and laughter that goes with sibling shenanigans.

Too Many Elephants in this House by Ursula Dubosarsky