A gentle book with terrific illustrations–clear and defined, but not too much detail.  When mouse is down in the dumps, he calls his friends and they make elephant soup.  First, they get the elephant and scrub him — the look on elephant’s face while he’s being bathed is priceless, pure bliss.  But once the water starts getting too hot and he catches on to what is happening, he gets outta there!  It turns more into a swimming party and all have fun, even elephant.