Provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, future, and different species of elephants.

Because of his "'satiable" curiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child acquired, and all elephants thereafter have had, a long trunk.

Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

Jeff Sheppard's book is accompanied by a theme packet containing materials which allow students to visualize the story and explore various concepts related to it.

I always wanted to work in the circus," said Oliver. "I could be a dancing elephant." But the circus already has ten elephants and they don't need another one. So, Oliver must find somewhere else to go.

Grandma Tildy finally agrees to take an unwanted elephant into her home, but soon regrets her decision.

Babar, the King of the Elephants, sets out to find Father Christmas and bring him back to visit the children of the elephant's country.

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...

Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.

A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.