Long ago, Baby Elephant keeps asking what Crocodile eats for dinner until he goes to the source and gets a big surprise. Includes a puzzle, "Notes for adults," and reading tips.

An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.

Uncle Elephant comes to the rescue when his nephew's parents are lost at sea and cares for him until they are found again.

"When Rose meets Elmer, the patchwork elephant, she's humming a tune that she just can't get out of her head. When she leaves, Elmer realises he can't get the tune out of his head either-- and as he crosses the jungle he can see the infectious tune spreading to every animal Rose has met! Can Elmer help everyone get rid of it?"

Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.

At Mouse's house, Elliot the elephant finds more than a friend--he finds a family.

When Grandpa Eldo asks Elmer and Wilbur to help a young elephant find her way back to her herd, they are surprised to find that she is pink, but even greater surprises are in store for them.

"There is pandemonium in the jungle. A strange roaring sounds sends the animals stampeding, convinced it's a monster. But all is not as it seems. Only Elmer the patchwork elephant is brave enough to investigate, and what he discovers comes as quite a surprise"--

Once a year on Elmer's Day, all the elephants decorate themselves and have a parade, and this year Elmer comes up with a plan to include the other animals as well as the elephants.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce such basic concepts as adjectives, adverbs, daytime, and nighttime as they follow five elephants marching from dawn to dusk.