Ella, an elephant, explores various talents so she can perform in the school talent play. Along the way, Ella learns about hard work and perseverance. The book was a good story to help motivate students who quit or don’t continue to try after they have failed. The story is very relatable that way, but it is written with the intended audience in mind, which is a young emerging reader. The book would be good for either a read aloud or an individual read for a student for students to learn about talents that everybody possesses.

This book is about a little elephant girl who is nervous about her schools upcoming talent show. She try's out lots of talents but nothing seems to work. She offers to help put on the talent show instead. Throughout the next weeks Ella fixes peoples consumes, makes posters and medals, she helps people practice their talent, and she helps everyone's talent go smoothly. t the end of the show all of the contestants applaud Ella for putting on such an amazing show and for being talented at many things. This book is a good example of fantasy because elephants are acting like humans, it holds together, it is believable, and it is relatable on many levels. ( )

I think this is a great book for teaching children the importance of so many different roles. Not one is more important than the other, everyone has an important part. The illustrations in this book nice as well; I loved the Indian village they lived in and the bulidings. I also like the simple drawings used for the characters.

Ella's school is having a talent show, but what will she do? Throughout the book Ella struggles to find her talent while all along she is becomes the backbone of the talent show. Grades K - 3 ( )

Ella is nervous about the upcoming talent show at her school because she doesn't think she has a talent. She ends up helping coordinate the show and helping others who experience problems before and during the show. I enjoyed this book because Ella reminds me of myself as a child and still as an adult. I think many students could relate to Ella because many have a difficult time identifying a clear talent they have. ( )