Elephants Do Forget: A Royal Dragonfly Book Award Winner

2025 Royal Dragonfly Book Award in the category of Special Needs & Disability Awareness

We are thrilled to share that Elephants DO Forget: How Emory Found His Memory has earned first-place honors in the Special Needs and Disability Awareness category from the prestigious Royal Dragonfly Book Award Contest, making it one of the year’s standout award-winning kids’ books and a celebrated Royal Dragonfly Book Award winner.

About the Royal Dragonfly Book Award

The Royal Dragonfly Book Award Contest is a respected worldwide literary competition that honors excellence in children’s and adult literature across 67 categories, highlighting creativity, strong storytelling, and publishing accomplishment.

This award recognition cements Elephants DO Forget as one of today’s most impactful award-winning kids’ books.

About the Book

Elephants DO Forget: How Emory Found His Memory is a heartwarming children’s picture book for ages 3–6 that blends adventure, friendship, and empathy into a memorable story. The book follows Emory, a noble but forgetful elephant, in his quest to get home. Despite his memory loss, Emory meets two unlikely friends: a lively parrot with flair and a kind-hearted frog with wisdom to share. Together, they embark on an exciting journey, navigating challenges and using kindness, courage, and teamwork to help Emory find his way.

Inspired by author P.E. Shadrick’s real-life experience with her father’s dementia, this thoughtful picture book introduces young readers to themes of memory loss, compassion, and understanding disability in an age-appropriate, uplifting way.

To see a full list of winners, visit Story Monsters.com