Too Many Elephants in this House by Ursula Dubosarsky

''You hope it hits the spot and you use your skills and instincts to reach out to the unknown child but it's hard to know where a book will go. ''With every book it's an experience, an adventure and a discovery,'' says Dubosarsky, the winner of nine literary prizes including five NSW premier's literary awards, the most a writer has collected in the award's long history. Head of NIDA Open, Caroline Spence, says the performance is full of laughs and mystery and takes a playful look at creative problem-solving.

Book Cover for Too Many Elephants in this House by Ursula Dubosarsky. The book will bring the author and illustrator to the Sydney Writers' Festival, with Penguin Australia and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts collaborating to bring the story to the theatre for a short season. Ursula Dubosarsky is an award-winning author of numerous books for children and. Honoured by the Children's Book Council of Australia in the Early Childhood category, the book, illustrated by Andrew Joyner, has been selected for National Simultaneous Storytime, and will be read to thousands of primary school children in schools and libraries across Australia at 11am, on May 21. It still surprises Dubosarsky what a ''charmed life'' her children's book, Too Many Elephants in this House, has led since its publication in 2012.