Publisher's Synopsis
Horatio has learnt a new trick. By saying the magic word "hoopla!" and diving into his sock, he can make himself disappear. Humphrey Thud, the elephant, would like to do the trick too. But there is an awful lot of Humphrey to disappear - too much for a sock, as James points out. He does have an idea though and, as ever, it involves the contents of his precious Useful Box.;This is Camilla Ashforth's fourth story about Horatio, the rabbit, and James, the bear, and the illustrations, make it full of the warmth and playfulness of the nursery. "Humphrey Thud", like the other picture books, "Horatio's Bed", "Monkey Tricks (shortlisted for the British Book Award's Illustrated Children's Book of the Year in 1993) and "Calamity", it features characters inspired by her own soft toy animals.
