Little Elephant

From School Library Journal PreSchool-Trunk swinging and legs splashing, a little elephant gambols about in this ebullient tale. Ford's brief captions-"A big splash." "Under I go." "Can you see me?" "Here I am."- punctuate Hoban's exceptional full-color photographs. Like a human baby after a period of exhausting play, this youngster goes looking for its mother and finds her waiting in the wings. A childlike sense of joy and exuberance come through in this charming picture book with enormous appeal.