When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

"The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted-and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving...

Gerald the elephant tries to tell Piggie that ball-throwing is serious business, but Piggie just wants to have fun.

Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year, but Gerald the elephant is sad, thinking that he cannot join the fun.

While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen

While searching for some Christmas spirit, Elliot and Mouse try to help out with a letter to Santa that has gone astray.

Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake

When Piggie plays her new trumpet for Gerald, the elephant decides he must be honest in his response.

Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

When Gerald the elephant begins sneezing around his friend Piggie, he begins to suspect that he might be allergic to pigs and is afraid this could mean the end of their friendship.