"And that is how the Indian elephant, with its neat ears and quiet ways, and the African elephant, with its grand ears and excitable ways, found their homelands."

Baby elephants Palo and Mala play together all day long, dancing with the baboons and running with the antelopes. But as they grow up, they develop very different personalities. Palo, with his gentle nature, needs a place where he can live peacefully. Mala, with her wild ways, needs a place where she can have freedom and excitement. When it is time for them to go out into the world and find a place to live on their own, their mother worries about how they will find the right place. She calls on the great eagle to circle the earth and find places where Palo and Mala will find happiness. And when they are ready, the two elephants set out on separate journeys to discover where they belong.

This fable of how the African and Indian elephants with their different characteristics find their homelands is a creative way to teach children about elephants and world geography. The Elephants' Ears will also show children that they will be loved for their own unique personalities.