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Elephant Picture Books

From lush watercolor illustrations to cute cartoon elephants, there's a picture book for everyone!

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  • What looks like an elephant but isn't as friendly? A tank. Can Tilly and TAnk be friends?
    BookNew York : Tundra, [2018] — E FLECK
  • She Leads

    the Elephant Matriarch

    Smalls, June, 1984-
    Facts and a story about a mother elephant and her family.
    BookSanger, CA : Familius LLC [2020] — E SMALLS
  • What happens when two elephants wish for a baby?
    BookNew York : Disney * Hyperion Books, [2015] — E CORDELL
  • How much do elephants love their new babies? A lot!
    BookNew York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2016] — E BAJAJ
  • What do you do when you want to play hide and seek as an elephant?
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2020] — E HAYES
  • What if kangaroos said elephants can't eat noodles?
    BookNew York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2019. — E KRAMER
  • Poor Elephant is desperate for someone to scratch his back, and his antics will delight you.
    BookNew York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2018] — E JOHN
  • What would happen if we didn't have elephants? This picture book explains it all.
    BookMount Pleasant, SC : Arbordale Publishing, [2016] — E STANEK
  • What if you're not allowed to go to the zoo to see the new elephant all because of your skin color?
    BookNew York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2019] — E LATHAM
  • How does grandmother elephant remember everything when baby Tembo has so much to see and be distracted by?
    BookNew York : Disney-Hyperion, [2014]. — E BUZZEO
  • Read "The Elephant's Child" to learn all about why elephants have long trunks.
    eBookProject Gutenberg
  • Everyone makes fun of Elmer for being so colorful. Would you?
    BookNew York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, [1989] — E MCKEE
  • Elephants can't jump, or can they?
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Andersen Press USA, 2015. — E WILLIS
  • A picture book about P.T. Barnum who paraded 21 elephants across the newly completed Brooklyn Bridge to prove it was safe.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005. — E PRINCE
  • What would you do if your life was disrupted by a goose egg?
    BookNew York : Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2019. — E WONG
  • Grandma Elephant is going to save the day.
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017] — E MARKLE
  • What happens when mom is busy with her new baby?
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019] — E PEACOCK
  • Can elephants learn to share and work as a team?
    BookChicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2018. — E ALLEPUZ
  • An interactive picture book all about being patient.
    BookNew York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, [2017]. — E BYRNE