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Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the chief art critic and poetry critic for The Times. She studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in modern and contemporary British poetry. Her first book, Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer, was published to great acclaim in 2011. Rachel lives in the country with her family and an assortment of animals. The Child's Elephant is her first book for children.
I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heart-warming; an elephant book you won’t forget -- Michael Morpurgo Beautifully written . . . The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion * The Times * A big and important story . . . that smoulders in the mind long after the final page -- Annabel Pitcher * Guardian * Lyrical, compelling and totally convincing . . . a great new children’s classic * The Times, Saturday Review * A heart-wrenching and sometimes terrifying tale . . . Compulsive reading * Children's Books Ireland * Exciting, funny and sadly topical . . . My children’s book of the year for 8-11s -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman * Rachel Campbell-Johnston's work is as vivid as it is moving * The Sunday Review * Pulls no punches, but there's a moving, almost spiritual ending * the Independent * The story is remarkably free from sentimentality and anthropomorphism, and the author does not talk down to the children who will form her audience. Like Rudyard Kipling (to whose folk tale The Elephant’s Child this is surely a tribute), Campbell-Johnston shows a deep knowledge of African culture, with lush metaphors and precise descriptions of locations, smells and weather. -- Rebecca Foster * We Love This Book * This beautifully written story is a new departure which draws on her (Rachel Campbell-Johnston's) original training as a zoologist. The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion. -- Amanda Craig * The Times, Saturday Review *
