18 Baby Elephant Books for Kids: Engaging and Educational

Introduce your little one to the wonders of the animal kingdom with delightful baby elephant books filled with cute elephant pictures and fun facts! Perfect for homeschool units or bedtime reading, these picture books for kids bring the magic of gentle giants to life. Whether you’re celebrating World Elephant Day or simply sharing your elephant love, these engaging books for kids offer a fantastic way to learn about these amazing creatures. With colorful illustrations and simple storytelling, elephants for kids become more than just a topic—they become a new favorite adventure!

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Why I Love Books About Baby Elephants

Due to the recent birth of cute Tula-Tu at the Oregon Zoo, baby elephant fever has taken over my area. Who can resist this cute baby elephant? What a great opportunity to put together a fun learning unit for kids!

Read on for books to incorporate into an instructional unit or to inspire young learners. Have fun perusing the list!

Baby Elephant Books: Fiction

Baby Elephant’s Big Idea by Little Hippo Books

Description: Baby Elephant feels sad because he can’t do all of the things his friends can do, until one day when a tiger cub needs help. Baby Elephant to the rescue!

Age Range: 1-4 years

Baby Elephant Books by Mia Coulton

The Baby Elephant books by Mia Coulton (creator of the popular Danny Books) are a series of early readers that follow the adventures of a young elephant as it explores the world, learns new skills, and interacts with its environment. The six books feature simple, repetitive text and engaging photographs, making them ideal for beginning readers developing their literacy skills.

Age Range: 4-7 years

Tembo the Baby Elephant (Super Sema) by Jospitre, Sarah

Description: A charming story set in the world of Super Sema, where Tembo the baby elephant embarks on an adventure, discovering friendship and problem-solving along the way.

Age Range: 4-8 years

My Baby Elephant (Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Animal Habitats – Fiction) by Gates, Margo

Description: A beginning reader story about a young elephant exploring its environment, perfect for children developing early literacy skills.

Age Range: 5-7 years

Thirsty Baby Elephant (Red Rocket Readers: Early Level 3 – Blue) by Holden, Pam

Description: A leveled reader that follows a baby elephant taking big drinks of water, frightening some fish. This engaging book teaches early readers about animals and their needs.

Age Range: 6-8 years

Baby Elephant’s Trunk (Red Rocket Readers: Early Level 4 – Green) by Holden, Pam

Description: A fun and educational story about a baby elephant learning how to untie a knot in its trunk, with engaging text for young readers.

Nelson the Baby Elephant by Randell, Beverley

Description: A heartwarming story detailing the first few hours of life for Nelson, a newborn baby elephant. 

Age Range: 6-8 years

Baby Elephant Books: Nonfiction

Elephant Calves (Abdo Kids Junior: Baby Animals) by Murray, Julie

Description: A simple yet informative nonfiction book with vibrant photos and easy-to-read text about baby elephants.

Age Range: 4-6 years

A Baby Elephant in the Wild by O’Connell, Caitlin

Description: A stunningly photographed nonfiction book following a baby elephant’s early life, written by a scientist who studies elephants.

Age Range: 4-7 years

Moses: The True Story of an Elephant Baby by Perepeczko, Jenny

Description: The inspiring true story of Moses, an orphaned baby elephant rescued and raised by humans, teaching compassion and conservation.

Age Range: 4-8 years

Elephant Calves in the Wild (Bullfrog Books: Baby Animals in the Wild!) by Brandle, Marie

Description: A nonfiction book introducing young readers to the lives of baby elephants in their natural habitat, with simple text and engaging photographs.

Age Range: 5-7 years

Baby Elephant (Penguin Young Readers Level 3: Baby Animals) by Clarke, Ginjer L.

Description: A nonfiction early reader with facts about baby elephants, their growth, and how they live in the wild.

Age Range: 6-8 years

Baby Elephant (Nature Babies) by Lang, Aubrey

Description: A beautifully photographed nonfiction book that follows a baby elephant’s journey through its first months of life.

Age Range: 6-9 years

Play Baby Elephant Bingo

Help students learn baby elephant vocabulary terms by playing Baby Elephant Bingo. This free virtual bingo template may be played using Google Slides. This activity can be part of a nature study unit. Make your own copy, then replace the free images and words with baby elephant images and vocabulary, then reuse the template as many times as you like.

It’s fully customizable when you make your own copy and includes a teacher page, too!

Get my free virtual bingo board!

More Resources for Readers

The best way to encourage a love of reading is to provide kids with many opportunities to engage with a wide variety of books that are of interest to them. At Book and Tech Tips I want to make it easy for you to find great books kids will love. Over the years I’ve also discovered some helpful tools for connecting kids, adults, and books.

Online digital libraries are one very handy way to do this. Epic! is one of our favorite online libraries. It’s full of over 25,000 books, learning videos, quizzes and more for kids 12 and under…and it’s free for educators. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Another great free digital library is ReadingIQ. It’s also free for educators and has a wide selection of titles.

If you download the free Libby app, you can access many digital audiobooks from your public library. Audiobooks are perfect for car trips!

Looking for a book that is out of print? Try searching Thriftbooks online. There are over 13 million titles available.

Looking for More Book Ideas?

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Have a wonderful week, and enjoy reading books about baby elephants!

Lisa Mitchell is a former classroom teacher, now a school librarian, who likes to use her job as an excuse to stay up far too late reading books and noodling around with tech tools. To learn more about what this website has to offer, click on over to the About page.