TUSK TUSK-DAVID

Once,  elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other  creatures – but each set wanted to destroy the other. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the  deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for  a long time it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all,  not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones  emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey.

‘This book was one of my favourites as a kid, I simply relished in the gloriousness of a load of elephants battling it out in a bizarre forest. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I recognised the importance of the message that lay (not so subtly) underneath.’ OLIVER JEFFERS