Illustrated children's book
The Elephant Alphabet Book
Written and illustrated by Olga
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About this book
Olga drew and hand-lettered this alphabet of elephants, from A to Z, in pencil and coloured pencil. Her family shared it with Cancer Explained so other families could enjoy it too.
Every page
The cover 
The Elephant Alphabet Book. 
An African elephant. 
Elephants are big! 
Elephants are cute. 
Elephants like dust baths! 
Elephants never forget. 
Elephants are grey. 
Elephants have right of way! 
Indian elephants have short ears. 
Elephants live in the jungle. 
Elephants respond to kindness and love. 
Elephants are mammals. 
Elephants are nice. 
Elephants are always in danger of over-population. 
Elephants eat enormous quantities of food! 
Elephants can rest and sleep on their feet. 
Their trunks are used for carrying food. 
Elephants are vegetarians. 
Elephants drink water. 
X is the twenty-fourth letter of the elephant alphabet book. 
Young elephants walk soon after birth. 
Some elephants live in zoos. 
The end.
The original pencil drawings were scanned from the handmade book. The pages shown here were digitally cleaned to remove fold lines, stains and fading; some pages were cleaned with AI image tools, which can smooth small details of the original drawing.
Narration voice and music by ElevenLabs.
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