17 Kings and 42 Elephants

Author(s): Margaret Mahy

NZ Children & Young Adult

Margaret Mahy's beautiful classic reimagined with illustrations from Alba Gil Celdran, the winner of the 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.

Seventeen kings on forty-two elephants
Going on a journey through a wild wet night...

Join the kings and the elephants on their jungle journey, meeting new creatures as they dance and sing their way through the jungle.

From one of New Zealand's most celebrated children's writers, this is Margaret Mahy's beautiful classic reimagined with illustrations from Alba Gil Celdran, the winner of the 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.

General Information

  • : 9781869715441
  • : Hachette New Zealand
  • : Hodder Moa
  • : 26 May 2024
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Margaret Mahy
  • : Hardback
  • : Alba Gil Celdran
  • : English
  • : 32

More About The Product



Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) is one of New Zealand's most celebrated children's writers. She is the author of more than 150 titles, which have been translated into many different languages and sold around the world. Appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 1993, Mahy also won many global prizes for children's writers, including the Carnegie Medal and the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.

'It is in the nature of books, that they have the capacity to make you feel powerful about what you can alter and achieve in your life' - Margaret Mahy