An African elephant can weigh 13,000 pounds which means an elephant weighs as much as 41,600 books! That is a lot of books! There are not that many books on this list, but there is still plenty to learn and enjoy. Check out these stories all starring elephants.
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Board Books
Animal Babies (2013) by Susan Rich Brooke
Little Elephant Listens (2014) by Michael Dahl
Where Are You Tiger? : A Plastic-Free Touch and Feel Book (2020) by Rachael Hare
Baby Love (2019) by Sandra Magsamen
The Elephant Alphabet Book (2006) by Gene Yates
Picture Books
How to Find an Elephant (2017) by Kate Banks
The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant (1960) by Jean de Brunhoff
Little Elliot, Big City (2014) by Mike Curato
Zola’s Elephant (2018) by Randall de Sève
Draw Me a Story (2020) by Beth Ferry
The One and Only Ivan: New Friends (2020) by Colin Hosten
Walt Disney’s Dumbo (2004) by Walt Disney Productions
Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places (2021) by Katie Frawley
A Parade of Elephants (2018) by Kevin Henkes
The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1974) by K. and B. Jackson
Elephants Walk Together (2017) by Cheryl Lawton Malone
Strictly No Elephants (2015) by Lisa Mantchev
Five Minutes’ Peace (1986) by Jill Murphy
Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing (2005) by April Jones Prince
What to Do If an Elephant Stands on Your Foot (2012) by Michelle Robinson
Horton Hears a Who! (1982) by Dr. Seuss
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise (2018) by David Ezra Stein
“Stand Back,” Said the Elephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze!” (1971) by Patricia Thomas
To Catch an Elephant (2019) by Vanessa Westgate
Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems
Easy Readers
The Blind Men and the Elephant (1992) by Karen Backstein
Here Comes Kate (2000) by Kay Chora
Can I Have a Pet Elephant? (2019) by Michou Franco
The Best Seat in First Grade (2020) by Katharine Kenah
My “E” Sound Box (2018) by Jane Belk Moncure
Easy Nonfiction
The Elephant (2018) by Jenni Desmond
The Truth about Elephants (2018) by Maxwell Eaton III
Elephants of Africa (2021) by Gail Gibbons
Baby Elephant Joins the Herd (2019) by Ben Richmond
She Leads: The Elephant Matriarch (2020) by June Smalls
If Elephants Disappeared (2019) by Lily Williams
All About Baby African Elephants (2022) by Martha E.H. Rustad
Juvenile Nonfiction
The Elephant Scientist (2011) by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson
How to Track an Elephant (2014) by Henry Owens
Eavesdropping on Elephants: How Listening Helps Conservation (2019) by Patricia Newman
How to Be an Elephant: Growing Up in the African Wild (2017) by Katherine Roy
The Elephant Doctor of India (2021) by Janie Chodosh
Fiction & Graphic Novels
The One and Only Ivan (2012) by Katherine Applegate
The Magician’s Elephant (2009) by Kate DiCamillo
Tua and the Elephant (2012) by R.P. Harris
Broken Pride (2017) by Erin Hunter
Chained (2012) by Lynne Kelly
A Tale Magnolious (2019) by Suzanne Nelson
The Elephant’s Girl (2020) by Celesta Rimington
The Elephant in the Room (2021) by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Elephant Run (2007) by Roland Smith
Disney Dumbo: Friends in High Places (2019) by Walt Disney Enterprises
Español y Bilingüe
El Pequeño Elliot y su Gran Día (2017) por Mike Curato
Los Libros de Elefante y Cerdita por Mo Willems
I’m Too Big = Soy Demasiado Grande (1994) por Lone Morton
Elisa la Elefanta (2007) por Jan Latta
