Coconut Comes to School
Coconut Comes to School is a funny picture book with repeated phrases; a story about a donkey who follows the dinner-lady to school every day, but the headmaster just won’t let her stay. 4+
Sadly, Coconut Comes to School is no longer available, although you may be able to find secondhand copies on Amazon or elsewhere.
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HEE-HAW!
Her eyes are brown like chestnuts.
Her hair is dark like the bark of trees,
And rough as a brush to touch.
Her lips go slip-slop-slap!
Coconut Comes to School was also published in Italy and South Korea.
I first thought of this story many years ago, when a teacher told me about a donkey who used to visit their school. What if somebody in the school didn’t want the donkey to come, I thought, like the headmaster? I wondered how he might try to chase her away, and how things might go wrong, and then how they might go right again.
This is a funny and touching tale, beautifully illustrated by Ivan Bates.
Waterstones Book Quarterly