Oliver looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough 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.

Chico the clever monkey helps his friend Clark the elephant solve a problem at a seaside resort.

Elmer the patchwork elephant helps the excited youngsters prepare for the Christmas visit of Papa Red.

"When Rose meets Elmer she's humming a tune, a tune 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?"

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.

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

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

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.