- First published
- 1981
- Editions
- 1 edition
- Status
- Out of print
A PICTURE BOOK BY BILL PEET
Encore for Eleanor
A retired circus elephant named Eleanor, sent to live at the zoo, fears she is finished and useless, until she discovers a surprising new talent for drawing that gives her a second act.
OPENING LINES
"Sure enough, T. J. decided that Eleanor was no longer fit to stay in the show. So the very next day a seven-ton truck came to the circus grounds to haul Eleanor away. She wondered if she might be headed for a glue factory."
WHY HE WROTE IT: IN THE FAMILY'S WORDS
On the original family site, his son noted that elephants were probably his father's favorite animal, and that three other stories featured them: Ella, The Ant and the Elephant, and his first book Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure. The book also drew on Bill Peet's own days sketching at the circus in the early 1940s. (Bill Peet, Jr.)
elephants circus second-chances creativity self-worth
From the book
Preliminary sketches
