Kofi, a young elephant, was born with a knot in his trunk. His disability keeps him from eating, drinking, and trumpeting as other elephants do. His peers bully him, and Kofi feels isolated and inadequate. When he discovers Big Ebo, the meanest bully, caught in a whirlpool, he faces a challenging decision. Should he attempt to rescue the bully? Can succeed? Should he even try?

In order not to forget something, a young elephant ties a knot in her trunk, but then she can't remember why.

Poor baby elephant has got a knot in his trunk! How do you think that knot got there? What will happen to poor Baby Elephant? What does an elephant do with its trunk?

This graphic adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The elephant's child relates how a young elephant's insatiable curiosity explains the fact that all elephants have trunks.

Poor baby elephant has got a knot in his trunk! How do you think that knot got there? What will happen to poor Baby Elephant? What does an elephant do with its trunk?

Because of her curiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, a little elephant and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

How the Elephant got his Trunk is written especially for children who are learning to read, and developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, Principal Lecturer in Education and reading specialist at the University of Roehampton. Delightfully illustrated, these books combine great stories with simple text to excite and inspire any beginner reader. Long ago, elephants had short noses. This story tells how their noses became long. This fun story also has puzzles to solve at the end.