Elephants don't do ballet
Penny McKinlay
Paperback
(Myriad books, March 15, 1997)
When Esmeralda the elephant want to be a ballerina, Mummy's not so sure - after all, elephants don't do ballet. But Esmeralda always gets what she wants and she joins a ballet class. While the little ballerinas twirl, Esmeralda gets her trunk in a tangle, and when they learn jumps, she only manages a crash landing. But, as Esmeralda triumphantly goes on to prove, elephants CAN do ballet!