Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce such basic concepts as adjectives, adverbs, daytime, and nighttime as they follow five elephants marching from dawn to dusk.

A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.

Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?

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

While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen.

"Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--

When Piggie plays her new trumpet for Gerald, the elephant decides he must be honest in his response.

"Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--

Best friends Elephant and Piggie decide that they will try to surprise each other, with unexpected results.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.