Elmer and Wilbur visit their Aunt Zelda. She may be getting old and deaf, but she is fun and has lots of interesting things to show the two young elephants. A warm and funny Elmer adventure extolling the virtues of cross-generational relationships.

Elmer the elephant and his cousin Wilbur visit with their elderly Aunt Zelda and enjoy a day of fun and discovery.

One morning, Elmer hears an "Oh no!" Looking around, he spots Super El, who's in need of Elmer's help. He must get to Aunt Zelda without any of the other animals seeing him and, as usual, it's up to Elmer to come up with a cunning plan!

The elephants decide it's their turn to play a trick on Elmer: all of the animals must pretend to forget his birthday tomorrow! But when the day comes the trick doesn't quite go according to plan. The elephants should have listened to Elmer's friends . . . A new tale to celebrate Elmer the Patchwork Elephant's 30th birthday from master-storyteller David McKee, this is the twenty-seventh Elmer storybook!

"Aunt Zelda knows she's supposed to give something to Elmer ... she just can't remember what it is!"--

Elmer and his cousin Wilbur decide to go to the coast to see the whales. But their journey becomes far more of an adventure than they expected, when they find themselves lost at sea. Can the whales help them back to shore?

The hunters are coming and all the elephants are worried. Elmer, the patchwork elephant, comes up with a plan to outwit the hunters but things don't turn out quite as planned...