The Elephant’s Umbrella

The Elephant’s Umbrella is the story of an elephant, an umbrella, and being kind. The elephant has a colorful umbrella all the time, and when it is rainy, it lets animals come under it to keep dry. One day there is a strong wind that blows the umbrella away from the elephant! The story then goes with the umbrella and the new animals it meets. The first animal that the umbrella flies to tells it that it will use the umbrella to keep itself dry while it eats. The umbrella doesn’t like that answer, so it goes with the wind to another animal. The second animal tells the umbrella that it will use it to keep dry while it is also eating. The umbrella still doesn’t like that, so it goes with the wind and ends up back with the elephant. The umbrella likes that the elephant is using it to help others instead of only themselves. I like reading this story because the umbrella knows the difference between being nice to others and nice to only yourself. I also like the pictures! The pictures are very pretty and colorful and make this a fun story.