A Piece of Cake by Jill Murphy
Ah-Choo, by Mercer Mayer, recommended by Walrus. Should this be before “A Piece of Cake”?
American Hippo, by Sarah Gailey
All in One Piece, by Jill Murphy
Babar and Father Christmas, by Jean de Brunhoff
Babar at Home, or Babar and His Children, by Jean de Brunhoff
Babar’s ABC, by Jean de Brunhoff
(There are other Babar books by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff, far too many to write down)
Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell (rather a negative image of an elephant – the elephant is rejected for being too big)
Diana and her Rhinoceros, by Edward Ardizzone
Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, and lots of other Elmer books by David McKee. Here’s David McKee reading it.
Emily’s Own Elephant, by Phillippa Pearce
Five Minutes’ Peace, by Jill Murphy
Horton and the Kwuggerbug, by Dr Seuss
Horton Hatches the Egg, by Dr Seuss
Horton Hears a Who, by Dr Seuss
Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Leaving Time, by Jodi Picoult
Little Elephant Thunderfoot, by Sally Grindley
Love, Life, and Elephants, by Daphne Sheldrick
Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo
Mr Large In Charge, by Jill Murphy
My Rhinoceros, by Jon Agee
Nandy’s Bedtime, by Errol Lloyd (Bimbo’s choice)
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Paul Kahumbu
Piglet Meets a Heffalump, in Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Pope’s Rhinoceros, by Lawrence Norfolk
Quiet Night In, by Jill Murphy
Rhinoceros, by Eugène Ionesco
The Elephant and the Bad Baby, by Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs
The Elephant War, by Gillian Avery
The Elephant’s Child, in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
The Story of Babar, by Jean de Brunhoff (this is not suitable for young people, and may cause offence. I wasn’t allowed to read it when I was young)
There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake, by Hazel Edwards
To The Elephant Graveyard, by Tarquin Hall
Where Can an Elephant Hide, by David McPhail (Ghislaine’s suggestion)