num_pages: 48
description: Readers learn how elephants came to have long trunks in this classic fairy tale. “With restraint, respect and high good humor, Cauley has fashioned dozens of illustrations . . . that do not overwhelm the story. . . . About as fine a rendering as we are likely to see in what is surely among the rare best children’s stories ever written.”-- School Library Journal
language: English
title: The Elephant's Child
titlecomplete: The Elephant's Child
genres: Fiction, Animals, Short Stories, Picture Books, Folk Tales, Juvenile, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 888
publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers