Photographs and text provide information about the world of elephants, discussing their appearance, biology, habits, and habitats, and looking at how they have been used as entertainers and in art.

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

Describes the physical characteristics, classification, and folklore of the elephant, an endangered animal.

Raju feels like he is missing out on everything, but her gets a big treat in the end.

A little elephant uses his enormous ears to become the star of the circus.

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

"Follows an elephant's growth from a newborn calf to a full-grown adult in one of the most socially and structurally complex family groups on earth"--

"When an elephant plants himself in the road and refuses to move, the people of Prickly Valley try all sorts of methods to get him to go--but one thoughtful little girl works up the courage to do what no one else has done: ask him."--

When Hank gets lost during a field trip to the zoo, it turns into an adventure he will never forget.

"An unforgettable look at memory -- and a playful reminder that sometimes you have to let go to tap in."--Jacket.