Piggie introduces his reluctant friend, Gerald the elephant, to the wonderful world of pretend.

Best friends Elephant and Piggie decide that they will try to surprise each other, with unexpected results.

Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- two birds on your head! Piggie will try to help her best friend.

Horton shows kindness and friendship.

Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.

When Piggie discovers that she and Gerald are in a book and she can make the reader say a funny word out loud, Gerald is tickled pink, but they being to wonder what will happen when the story is over.

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.

Little Etta the elephant visits her aunt's house in Cycle City, where everybody rides a bicycle, and the streets are crowded with many unique bikes that are waiting for the parade to begin.

While out for a walk, Mama Elephant answers her child's questions about a monkey, a frog, a songbird, a butterfly, and a crocodile, all the while teaching about Little Elephant too.