Like all young elephants, Elly sometimes forgets her manners!

In four stories, Kate, a young elephant, plays in the snow, learns to appreciate her new quilt, fusses over a lost toy, and quiets the crying of her baby cousin.

After seeing some children on their way to school, Elephant decides he wants to go to school, too.

All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.

Otto and his friends go for a ride on an elephant.

A baby elephant describes how he and his mother spend their days together.

Believing that she has no special abilities to share in the school talent show, Ella the elephant takes over the event's organization and discovers something important in the process.