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Small Elephant doesn't like bathtime. Toys and bubbles don't tempt him, but seeing his big daddy squeezing into the tiny tub does the trick, and once in, Small Elephant won't get out. Even when angry, Small Elephant is cute in the spare blue-and-red illustrations. It's doubtful unwilling washers will be inspired, but adults who've bathed one will relate to the hate-to-get-in/hate-to-get-out bathtime paradox.