Lamar Public Library

Jeff Sheppard's book is accompanied by a theme packet containing materials which allow students to visualize the story and explore various concepts related to it.

Babar, the King of the Elephants, sets out to find Father Christmas and bring him back to visit the children of the elephant's country.

A little girl describes the various problems with elephants, but decides the real trouble with elephants is that you can't help but love them.

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.

When Elephant accidentally breaks Piggie's new toy, they both experience intense feelings before coming to realize how important their friendship is.

A train-loving baby elephant is excited to go on a real train, but when the other baby animals want to play with different vehicles, he becomes upset, until he tries some of the other toys for himself.

Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.

The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.

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 is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.