Tubby and the Lantern

I loved this story as a kid, and I'm so sad that it is out of print now! It's a charming tale about a little boy, Ah Mee, and his pet elephant, Tubby. Tubby wants to surprise Ah Mee on his birthday by making him a HUGE lantern, but the lantern floats away with Tubby hanging on. Ah Mee joins in the flight, of course, and they face adventures together. This is an early reader that is extremely well-done, not a boring, over-repetitive style like a bunch of early readers are today. I recommend it for kids age 4-8. They'll love to read it over and over!

I just absolutely loved this book as a child and my children (twin boys of 6) have loved my reading it to them for a few years now. It is a great book about friendship and the pictures and story are extremely stimulating to the imagination.I wish you could still get this book new but used is definitely better than nothing!

This book can be counted on as a winner for a bedtime story.First the book introduces our main characters: An elephant and a boy who live in a little Chinese village making paper lanterns with the boy's parents. The elephant is named Tubby and the boy is named Ah-Mee. When Tubby's idea for a birthday present for Ah Mee gets him in trouble, Ah Mee saves him. Then Tubby saves Ah Mee. Then Tubby and Ah Mee save a whole boat of sailors from some pirates. They come safely home, have a party, and then Ah Mee thinks of a birthday present for Tubby. The book ends with sleep and that's the best way to end a bedtime story! This book not only puts kids to sleep happy, but it teaches them how to make a paper lantern and a bed! The most important thing learned is how to be a good friend.

The story was about a small elephant named Tubby and a kid names Ah Mee. Ah Mee and Tubby made lanterns with Ah Mee's parents. Ah Mee had a birthday and Tubby made him the biggest lantern ever wit the biggest candle ever that said "Happy Birthday Ah Mee." But when he was done it floated away. Ah Mee seen it, thought it was the greatest birthday present ever, and went to help him. He gathered up a lot of little lanterns and went to go save him but the lanterns went out but Tubby got him before he fell. they floated over the seas and oceans when the next morning came the candle went out they floated on a ship and the ship was almost attacked by pirates. They put the Lantern and floated away...The age level is about 6-8.The lesson i think is that when everything is bad it will get better.this is an exemant book because the climax was excellent.

A baby elephant named Tubby lives with his friend, a little boy named Ah Mee in a village by the river. He gets into a great adventure when he decides to make a birthday present for Ah Mee... and the two embark on quite a journey! I especially like the pictures from this book... the lanterns are really very beautiful against the starry sky... and there is a lot of motion packed into the still drawings!