Gerald the elephant is certain that he cannot dance but his friend Piggie convinces him to try.

Uncle Elephant comes to the rescue when his nephew's parents are lost at sea and cares for him until they are found again.

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

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.

Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.

Thirteen-year-old Sam and her father scrape by caring for rescued elephants until an offer comes through that may not only save the sanctuary, it may also restore an extinct species. Includes facts about woolly mammoths and cloning.