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Nadh Poduri

Genre: Children's Book/Fiction/Animals
Page Count: 40

Book Description:
Ephan is a silly elephant who loves to do silly things. He is forever teasing his friends and playing practical jokes on them, but they aren't always well received. As he is going to bed one night his mother tells him to prepare for school the next day and teaches him how to tell the time so he'll know when he needs to get there. But when he wakes up far too early the next day he decides to use the time visiting the neighborhood to see what fun he can have.

All of the animals are asleep but he soon finds ways to be silly at their expense. First he finds his elephant friends Billy and Jilly asleep in their hammock and ties their tails together. Next he sees mice sleeping in a den and ties balloons to their tails. Further along the road he comes across a sleeping giraffe and twists his neck into a knot. When he sees ants sleeping by the river he puts them in paper boats and sets them adrift on the river. And finally the sleeping snakes are put into cardboard boxes.

As he plays each practical joke, he sings very silly songs about the icky ants, messy mice and slithery snakes, while the clock ticks steadily towards the time he needs to be at school. When
he finally realizes he's going to be late and scurries home to get ready, the other animals start to wake up and discover their predicament.

One by one the animals realize the only one who could have done any of these things is "silly
Ephan". They are so tired of his silly games they decide to teach him a lesson by being silly
themselves. The ants march toward his home, the snakes slither along, the mice follow and so
does the giraffe and other elephants until they are all in Ephan's backyard.

Ephan apologizes for playing practical jokes on them and asks them to let him go to school. The animals agree but insist on hugging him. As they hug him they paint the words "I am silly" on his back. As Ephan rushes to school the animals laugh at him. At first he is happy they have forgiven him until one of the birds calls to him "Hi Silly". He is annoyed that his name is not “Silly” and starts to wonder why they all are looking at his back. He turns around and around to look at his back but he can't see anything.

Finally he meets his friend Sid who also greets him with "Hi Silly" and explains what is written on his back. Ephan is shocked but realizes it’s the reason everyone was laughing at him. Sid washes the paint away with water and tries to hurry Ephan to school but Ephan knows the time and tells him not to worry because they are right on time.

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Hi Nadh, This looks GREAT, what a cute premise for a book. The pictures seem so cute. I wanted to just give my 2-cents worth of advice, and I hope you don't mind. I read your book description, and it just seems rather long; it seems like it reveals too much, almost giving away the ending. I'm not sure parents need or want quite that much information. I think you'll have better success with Amazon, etc. if you shorten it, and I wanted to suggest the following idea. If you like it, just use it word-for-word, if you want! If you don't like it, no changes are needed. This is just my advice because I think it seems you were asking for opinions from other authors. See below what I'm suggesting:

"Ephan is a silly elephant who does silly things. He is forever teasing his friends and playing practical jokes on them. Unfortunately, his jokester ways aren't always well received. What happens when Ephan’s silly antics go too far? Will his friends forgive him? Does Ephan learn his lesson? Silly Elephant is a delightful story that teaches children valuable lessons about friendship, forgiveness, and good behavior. Perfect for ages 4-10."

I think that gets the point across and gives parents enough information to know what they're buying ... But if anyone here in this group disagrees, that's fine! :) All good, and the book looks adorable. -- Cathey Nickell

Hi Cathey, Thank you for your feedback. I like the way you zipped it. 'Silly Elephant' is my first book; I'd like to get more feedback so that I can do better. If you'd like to review it, I'll be happy to send you a pdf/mobi. Appreciate your feedback.

Oh good! I'm glad I could help, and I didn't want to overstep or offend you! I don't mind giving it a review ... just email me the pdf file to catheyn AT sbcglobal DOT net.

I know how it feels, I just published my first book as well, called "Arthur Zarr's Amazing Art Car." Actually my 2nd book, but the other one was a history book for a freelance job. The art car book is my first children's picture book.

Cathey

Hello Nadh, I've been an elephant fan since I was a toddler & now my 5 year old granddaughter is too. I'd love the opportunity to read your book to her (two reviews in one).
You can email it to nene.isdenise@gmail.com
Looking forward to it, Denise

Denise wrote: "Hello Nadh, I've been an elephant fan since I was a toddler & now my 5 year old granddaughter is too. I'd love the opportunity to read your book to her (two reviews in one).
You can email it to nen..."
Denise,
Great, thank you. I can't wait to hear your feedback! I'll send it to your email.

Hi nadh
your book sounds great.I also write children's fiction.I would love to review your book.please send a PDF to mjmoon371@gmail.com if you still need reviews.
all the best
mjmoon

Sent your request M.J.