Lots to love about this picture book. It is a nice story about imagination and dreams grounded with a "be yourself" theme. I love the mother/child relationship, very supportive and appreciative of a child's sometimes out there imagination. It reminded me of [b:The Queen of France|9267240|The Queen of France|Tim Wadham|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1284054103s/9267240.jpg|14148121] but with elephants! Illustrations are great, especially the elephant swimming upstream past the surprised fish.