I also enjoy the images in the book, but I have to agree with Sue about the text.
Animals have been tortured and abused by humans for hundreds of years, for their tusks, as circus animals, hard workers etc.
Humans are the only ones with an ego, and accusing the elephant of this characteristic is totally selfish, and egotistical.
The elephant is a lovely family oriented animal, so I wish that humans would have an elephant in them to mind, so that we might be a more compationate and selfless creature.