Details the habitats, physical characteristics, diet, offspring development, and behavior of the African elephant.

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

Two friends of Elmer the patchwork elephant want to play a trick on him with help from Snake, but Snake and Elmer have plans of their own.

When the animals play hide and seek, Elephant finds everyone but Chameleon, who has hidden so well no one can find him.

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

"Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--

When Piggie plays her new trumpet for Gerald, the elephant decides he must be honest in his response.

Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?

One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. Good thing since as it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Who-ville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home. Unfortunately for Horton, this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors. They refuse to believe that anything could survive on the...