David McKee

After days of being in a cave with the rest of his herd due to torrential rains, Elmer the patchwork elephant is ready for some time alone, but first he must get help to rescue Young Elephant from an island formed by flood waters.

"The young elephants want to race to prove who is the fastest, but sometimes winning isn't about coming first!"--

Two friends of Elmer the patchwork elephant want to play a trick on him with help from Snake, but Snake and Elmer have plans of their own.

The elephants decide it's their turn to play a trick on Elmer: all of the animals must pretend to forget his birthday tomorrow! But when the day comes the trick doesn't quite go according to plan. The elephants should have listened to Elmer's friends... A new tale to celebrate Elmer the Patchwork Elephant's 30th birthday from master-storyteller David McKee, this is the twenty-seventh Elmer storybook!

Elmer and Wilbur visit their Aunt Zelda, who is getting old and deaf, but is still fun and has lots of interesting things to show the two young elephants.

Every animal in the jungle has a favorite bedtime story, but which one will Elmer tell the baby elephants tonight?