A great rhyming book for young children. Lots of animals playing sports that may not necessarily seem be the perfect match for them, but teaching us that it’s all about having fun, and not necessarily about having to be the best at everything.

With thanks to the author, Bloomsbury publishers and NetGalley for providing me with a digital review copy of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

A fun, zany look at the antics that different animals get up to while trying out a variety of different sports, from a hippo pole-vaulting to my favourite which was the octopus playing table tennis! The text is written in rhymes, which will make it interesting and enjoyable for children to read. I was a little unsure what the point of the story was going to be, until the author brought it all together in the last few pages, where she points out that none of the animals were going to win any medals, but that this didn’t matter and what was important was their taking part and having fun! As someone who coaches kids of this reading age at different sports, this is a really positive message to convey and one I am happy to see delivered in such a fun package.

Uh oh! It looks like more chaos is afoot as the next book in the You Can't Let An Elephant series is released on 12th of May. And thanks to NetGalley, we have managed to get a sneak peek.

Have you ever seen an elephant driving a racing car? Or a weight-lifting wombat? NO? Then how about a figure-skating alligator. Prepare for more hilarious capers as a whole host of animals take on your favourite sports.

Perfect for fans of Kes Gray's Oi! series and Rashmi Sirdeshpande's Never Show a T-Rex a Book!, this story, told in pacy rhyme and fantastically illustrated by David Tazzyman, is a simple concept executed with absolute hilarity. Easily as fun as the four other books in the series: You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Bus, You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Digger, You Can't Call an Elephant in an Emergency and You Can't Take an Elephant on Holiday, it will make readers giggle on every page. Our particular favourites were the ping-pong playing octopus and the footballing puma but who knows what other animals you'll encounter!

And, after all the silliness, the story ends on a satisying note, leaving us with an important takeaway; it's not the winning that counts, it's the taking part. Although that's a message little ones will have probably heard before, I doubt it's been relayed to them in such a fun and enjoyable way. So sit back and let the animals do all the work for once. And never be afraid to try new things!

A big thanks to NetGalley and Bloomsbury for a digital review copy. You Can't Let an Elephant Drive a Racing Car is now available to pre-order.

A fun illustration book written in rhyming sentences that looks at what would happen if different animals were to take up certain sports and the problems that could ensue. A great book to read aloud to under 7s who love the comical pictures and the mishaps from the animals - plus great for KS1 teachers exploring vocabulary and rhyming words

This is the first picture book that I read in this series, which sells very well amongst toddlers, and I now understand why!

Not only is fun, with amazing, stunning and colourful pictures, but the rhymes, all the animals involved, the jokes and fun facts, did this story a very entertaining one!

Definitely, You Can't Let An Elephant Drive A Racing Car is perfect for kids over 3 years old!

So funny! The children love these types of books because of the funny rhymes and funny pictures. We love seeing what funny antics are going to happen. Easy to read and entertaining. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

A colourful book for the very young that highlights its absurdity – this is a world where a kangaroo wants to play cricket, a hippo tries the pole vault, and the octopus gets one table tennis bat for every limb. Here, I didn't mind the daftness – it's only four lines of verse per critter, after all, and you can't argue with the case against allowing these beasts their choice of sport. It's just I gave a previous entry to this series four stars knowing that was very generous, and more importantly, this example did nothing with its errant silliness – it just changed tack slightly at the end and stopped. The joke's surely on the author for not having a stronger conclusion – any kind of twist or punchline would have been welcome.