uncle
if you think babar is the only storybook elephant with a cult following, then you haven’t met uncle, the presiding pachyderm of a wild fictional universe that has been collecting accolades from children and adults for going on fifty years. unimaginably rich, invariably swathed in a magnificent purple dressing-gown, uncle oversees a vast ramshackle castle full of friendly kooks while struggling to fend off the sneak attacks of the incorrigible (and ridiculous) badfort crowd. luckily the misbegotten schemes of the badfort crowd are no match for uncle’s superior wits. written by j.p. martin; illustrated by quentin blake. 224 pages, hardcover.