Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.

In rhyming text, a baby elephant is assured of being loved unconditionally.

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.

None of the other animals can sleep because Elephant has the hiccups.

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.

Elephants compete in a variety of sports, such as diving, triatholon, hammer throw, and figure skating.