Jasper's Bath

Selfish and aggressive, Jasper the rhinoceros wants the watering hole all to himself. He is rude to the birds, he glares at the gazelles and he even chases Whiskers the rat far into the bush when he asks if he can join Jasper in the water. But on his return to ‘his’ watering hole, Jasper finds it occupied by someone even larger and more selfish than he is… How Jasper comes to realise how unpleasantly he behaves and his wish to change is told with a light and amusing touch, the whole enlivened by Currey’s expressive line and wash illustrations in which character and mood are deftly conveyed. A moral tale that is low key in the telling and subtly humorous.