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Provides information about the physical characteristics, eating habits, lifestyle, habitat, and behaviors of elephants, told from the perspective of Ella, an elephant living in Africa with its family.

Elephant, who is cautious and pessimistic, and Piggie, who is optimistic and sometimes reckless, go outside to play in the sun and hope that it does not rain.

Five short stories about the lives of two unusual friends: Tiny, an elephant with a fear of ice skating and a newfound love of knitting, and Hercules, a mouse with a heart of gold and a desire to learn to paint.

Full-color photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of African elephants.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

Gerald, a cautious and pessimistic elephant, believes he is allergic to his best friend, the optimistic and occasionally reckless Piggie, and is concerned that he will need to stay away from his pal forever.

Piggy loves to dance and wants to teach everyone, including her best friend, Gerald the elephant.

Piggie ruins a perfectly good day by telling Gerald the elephant that she is going, sending him into a panic.

Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake.

An elephant finds a "thingamabob" and experiments until he discovers its real purpose.

Piggie realizes that she and Gerald the elephant are in a book and that she can make the reader say words, but when Gerald comes to understand the danger of the book ending, Piggie comes up with a solution to get the reader to keep reading.

Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.

Best friends Gerald and Piggie are complete opposites but still manage to have fun together, but when Gerald takes too long to make an important decision, it may be too late to share with Piggie.

Describes the migration of the desert elephants of Mali, West Africa; and discusses how the Tuareg, Dogon, and Fulani people work together to protect the balance of life in the desert.

Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year, but Gerald the elephant is sad, thinking that he cannot join the fun.