The Story of a Stuffed Elephant by Laura Lee Hope, first published in 1921. A story about a stuffed toy elephant who secretly comes to life and has lots of adventures in his new home. This would be a good bedtime story for a child who has their own stuffed toy elephant. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the Bobbsey Twins and several other series of children's novels. Actual writers taking up the pen of Laura Lee Hope include Edward Stratemeyer, Howard and Lilian Garis, Elizabeth Ward, Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams, Andrew E. Svenson, June M. Dunn, Grace Grote and Nancy Axelrad. Laura Lee Hope was first used as a pseudonym in 1904 for the debut of the Bobbsey Twins.