David McKee

"The young elephants want to race to prove who is the fastest, but sometimes winning isn't about coming first!"--

Elmer the elephant visits with his Grandpa Eldo and they have great fun trying to remember all the things they used to do together.

Elmer the elephant enlists his animal friends to help him find the end of a strange, colorless rainbow so that he can share some of his patchwork colors and make it right.

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

When the hippos' river dries up and they move into the elephants' river, Elmer, the patchwork elephant, investigates. He discovers the hippos' dry river could be fixed if the hippos and elephants drop their prejudices and work together.

Every animal in the jungle has a favorite bedtime story, but which one will Elmer tell the baby elephants tonight?

Elmer the patchwork elephant finds many things interesting during his walk, but cannot persuade any other animals to stop and enjoy them with him.

The elephants decide it's their turn to play a trick on Elmer: all of the animals must pretend to forget his birthday tomorrow! But when the day comes the trick doesn't quite go according to plan. The elephants should have listened to Elmer's friends ... A new tale to celebrate Elmer the Patchwork Elephant's 30th birthday from master-storyteller David McKee, this is the twenty-seventh Elmer storybook!

Elmer the patchwork elephant experiences wind, storms, fog, snow, and other kinds of weather.

There once was a large country that was ruled by a General. The General would take his army and attack all the countries around him until they were conquered. Eventually, there was only one small country left to conquer. However, this one did not resist but welcomed the soldiers - leading to a quite unexpected result!