What the Elephant Told Author:Barbara Brenner When a young boy and a young elephant meet in an animal park, they instantly take a liking to each other. 'I was born out of my mother, too,' the boy said. 'But first I grew inside her for nine months.' 'We grow inside our mothers for twenty-two months,' said the elephant. They go on talking about how they each visit the bathroom, how they expre... more »ss fear, what they each eat . . . By the end of the day, they curl up together and nap-one sucking his thumb and the other his trunk. Playful text and fun-filled illustrations reveal many true and fascinating commonalities between elephants and humans.« less