HOW HIGH DO ELEPHANTS JUMP? A GREAT QUESTION INDEED. IT'S EASY TO FIND THE ANSWER. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ. READING ABOUT ELEPHANTS IS FUN. YOU CAN LEARN SO MANY FACTS.WHAT DO ELEPHANTS LIKE TO EAT AND DO THEY TAKE A BATH? WHAT IS A BABY ELEPHANT CALLED? I WONDER, DO YOU KNOW? OR, HOW MUCH SLEEP DO ELEPHANTS NEED AND WHERE DO THEY CALL HOME? THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL SURELY SURPRISE YOU. JUST OPEN THIS BOOK AND LET THE WORDS GUIDE YOU.

A collection of trivia provides answers to such questions as "Do elephants ever forget?", "Do cats always land on their feet?", and "What will happen if all the ice in the world melts?"

When the other baby animals laugh at Elephant for not being able to jump, he sets out to prove them wrong. Hard as he tries, he just can't jump. But then he realizes that he can do something else that no other animal can do . . .

From the editors that brought you Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Do Sparrows Like Bach?, an exploration of the weird and wonderful margin of science—the latest in the brilliant New Scientist series. What’s the storage capacity of the human brain in gigabytes? Why is frozen milk yellow? Why do flamingos stand on one leg? And why can’t elephants jump? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until no one’s looking? Read this brilliant new compilation to find out. This is popular science at its most absorbing and enjoyable. The previous titles in the New Scientist series have been international bestsellers and sold over two million copies between them. Here is another wonderful collection of wise, witty, and often surprising answers to a staggering range of science questions.

The tenth book in David Feldman’s bestselling Imponderables® series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteries Every day, we are confronted with innumerable small mysteries, which puzzle and confound. In his latest book, David Feldman answers 100 new and even more perplexing questions about food, popular culture, the human body, science, and more, such as: Why do pianos have 88 keys? Why is there no light in the freezer? And, of course, Do elephants jump? Like the other books in the Imponderables series, Do Elephants Jump? is in a question/answer format, with questions sent in by readers and fans of the series, and answers painstakingly researched and offered in Feldman’s trademark humorous style. This tenth book in the series is complete with a master index to all the Imponderables® books, and charming illustrations by longtime collaborator Kassie Schwan.

Elephant's new neighbors, who love playing jokes on each other, are disappointed when they find that they can't surprise Elephant and make him jump.