Elephants Never Jump

A group of animals spend much time shouting Boo and jumping out at each other from behind bushes in order to make each other jump; the elephant who resolutely refuses to jump because 'elephants never jump' presents a challenge to the others. I was uneasy about the basic behaviour of the characters which just did not work for me, on either an animal or an anthropomorphic level. However, in fairness, I have to admit that the children liked this book very much, found it really funny and were genuinely impressed at the cleverness of the ending, in which elephant does indeed jump, although not in surprise but to the rescue. A book for sixes to sevens, I think, and requiring a fair amount of linguistic sophistication.