Dumbo the Flying Elephant, written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, started out as a 36-page "Roll-A-Book." The "book" was a series of illustrations on a scroll, and readers would turn a little wheel at the top of the "book" to read the next panel.

Mrs. Bear wakes from a nap to find her new cub, and while expressing her delight, receives another one. Twins!

After Mrs. Jumbo finally receives her baby from the flock of storks, the other elephants start making fun of him and nickname him "Dumbo".

Dumbo is ridiculed by the other elephants because of his large, floppy ears.

Timothy acts as the much needed protector in Dumbo's life, standing up for the poor little elephant when others attack him.

Timothy uses the peanut to coax Dumbo out from under the hay in which he is hiding after being mistreated by the other elephants.

After a disastrous performance with the other elephants, Dumbo is forced to perform with the clowns.

Pink elephants on parade
Here they come
Hippety hoppety
They're here and there
Pink elephants everywhere

Timothy wonders how they got up in the tree and concludes that Dumbo must have flown them there using his large ears as wings.

A flock of easy-going and boisterous crows initially heckle Timothy and Dumbo over the prospect of a flying elephant, but change their tune upon hearing Dumbo's story.