The Saggy Baggy Elephant

Kathryn & Byron Jackson; illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren

Juvenile Fiction - Animals - Elephants | Golden Books
Board | June 2007
$ 4.99 | 978-0-375-83926-9 (0-375-83926-7)

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About this book

Sooki, the baby elephant with the saggy baggy skin, feels funny-looking and all alone, until he meets a group of elephants who look just like him! This classic story about finding one's place in the world is finally available as a board book.

Author Biography

Kathryn and Byron Jackson wrote hundreds of stories, poems, and books for Golden, including Pirates, Ships, and Sailors.

Gustaf Tenggren, who immigrated to the U.S. from Sweden in 1920, created other famous Little Golden Book characters such as the Tawny Scrawny Lion and the Poky Little Puppy. Before coming to Golden Books, he worked in the Disney studio, creating concept artwork of various characters for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio. He died in 1970.