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Rachel Campbell-Johnston

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Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the chief art critic and poetry critic for The Times. She studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in modern and contemporary British poetry. Her first book, Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer, was published to great acclaim in 2011. Rachel lives in the country with her family and an assortment of animals. The Child's Elephant is her first book for children.

Books by Rachel Campbell-Johnston

The Child's Elephant

The story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and an elephant, and their incredible survival against all the odds.

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