When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

In Africa, Mama Jumbo puts on a jazzy dress, struggles to get her hat straight with no mirror, then jumps in Mr. Motiki's taxi to go to the market, where she finds everything she needs and more.

When Petal admits Halloween is too spooky for her, Poppy helps her understand that it's all pretend.

Believing that she has no special abilities to share in the school talent show, Ella the elephant takes over the event's organization and discovers something important in the process.

Neelie reluctantly returns to her life back in the States with her ex-boyfriend, ex-husband, an ex-house, and an ex-horse, and with the help of her new friend, Diamond-Rose, tries to raise funds to save an elephant targeted for execution in Zimbabwe.

When Monkey and Elephant volunteer to babysit three monkey babies for the afternoon, the two friends don't quite know what to expect from this new experience.

"Elena wants to ride her bike. She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles... KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. She just has to try, try again"--

Eldon, a young elephant, accompanies and supports his grandmother, Big Ella, as she copes with memory loss.

"A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--

While five elephants race to see which one can claim a hard-to-reach fruit high up in a tree first, the fruit is whisked away by a five mice working together and the elephants realize they have a lot to learn from the cooperative bunch.