Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The Elephants and the Shirtmaker

The Elephants and the Shirtmaker by Liza Charlesworth, illustrated by Doug Jones

A shirtmaker is down on his luck and only has a few scraps of traffic. He leaves it out at night and wakes in the morning to find a shirt fully sewn. He buys more fabric, and each morning finds shirts made. There are some clues as to who did it : hay and peanuts. One day, the elephants are scared of a mouse and wake the shirtmakers. They see the elephants and their ratty shirts. They make nice shirts for them and thank them for their work and let them know they are doing well enough on their own now. It is a fun fairy tale I have not heard often before.

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