What the Elephant Told - Hardcover

While visiting an animal park, a young boy meets a young elephant and strikes up a special friendship where similar stories about their lives are shared before curling up together for an afternoon nap. 12,500 first printing.

Barbara Brenner has written over eighty books for children—from picture books to beginning readers to novels—which include books about nature, history, and art. Her Voices: Poetry and Art from Around the World was an ALA Notable Children’s Book. Ms. Brenner lives with her husband, the illustrator Fred Brenner, in Hawley, Pennsylvania.

Akemi Gutierrez has worked on a number of animated films for Disney. In addition to drawing, she likes to play with her many pets. She has two guinea pigs, two bunnies, two hamsters, and one husband, but no elephants. They are all squeezed into a happy home in southern California. This is her first book for children.