Read Series: Elephant & Piggie
by Author Mo Willems
Waiting is Not Easy! (2014)
‘Waiting Is Not Easy!’ written and illustrated by Mo Willems who is three time winner of Caldecott Award, is new 22nd installment in ‘An Elephant and Piggie’ series this time speaking about situation frequently encountered when after announcing something to kids, it’s so difficult for them to wai...
My New Friend Is So Fun! (2014)
‘My New Friend Is So Fun!’ written and illustrated by Mo Willems, a three time winner of Caldecott Award, is new installment in ‘An Elephant and Piggie’ series that speaks about situation that is frequently encountered when due to the meeting of new friends we start less hanging out with older fr...
La Leçon De Danse (2010)
Elephants cannot dance was an easy and quick read, but totally adorable. The elephant thought he did not know how to dance, but in reality he was creating his own dance that people actually wanted to learn. It would be a great book to read to children to show them to be themselves, and not to be ...
Vive La Pluie! (2009)
This book had many easy words for children to read. The words are big and then get bigger. The book would be good for k-1 because it can be used for practice of reading. This book can also be used in a science lesson because of the weather and the animals. This book was about two friends finally ...
Chacun Son Tour! (2010)
My gorgeous children and I discovered this series last summer when we borrowed Watch Me Throw the Ball! from the library. Mo Willems has created two charming characters - an effusive, broad-minded little pig and a slightly neurotic elephant - through hilarious illustrations and dialogue. This i...
Elephants Cannot Dance! (2009)
Picture Book for Beginning Readers - Elephants Cannot Dance is about Piggie the pig teaching Gerald the elephant to dance. Gerald tries and tries but simply believes he cannot dance. However, at the end two little squirrels want Gerald to teach them the "Elephant Dance". Gerald's confidence is re...
Can I Play Too? (2010)
Can I Play Too? is another book in the pig and elephant series that introduces the theme of acceptance. At the beginning of the story, the two were just playing a normal game of catch until their friend snake came in and asked to play as well. I was surprised at that part because I did not know ...
A Big Guy Took My Ball! (2013)
The story of “A Big Guy Took My Ball” is about Piggie who finds a ball at the playground, only to have someone bigger take it away. Piggie begs her friend Gerard the elephant to get the ball back for her. Gerard goes to get it back only to find out it is a massive whale way bigger than him. He ru...
I am Going! (2010)
We just discovered the Elephant & Piggie series at the library and have checked out every one they have. They are a bit easy for my 7-year-old to read on his own, but he loves that they are easy enough that he can sit and read them to his younger brother without any adult help. The 5-yr-old thi...
Listen to My Trumpet! (2012)
Piggie has a new toy, a trumpet and wants to play it for Gerald. So she does and asks him what he thinks, and he doesn't want to be mean, but tells her she's not making music. But she's not upset, because she tells him that she was trying to speak Elephant (and if you do all the sound effect nois...
Happy Pig Day! (2011)
It's Pig Day! Piggie wants to celebrate, but Gerald is afraid he can't since he's an elephant. But the pigs celebrating with Piggie turn out to be not entirely the kind of pigs Gerald thought, and it may even be possible for him to join them.One more Elephant & Piggie book closer to my quest to r...
Are You Ready to Play Outside? (2008)
Are You Ready to Play Outside is a short story. This short story tells us about an elephant and a pig who is playing outside. When it starts raining while they are outside they have to decide what to do next. Piggie and Gerald finally figure out a way to have fun even though it starts to rain. Th...
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (2009)
This book is about Gerald bragging about how far he can throw his ball. But then piggie comes and wants to try and throw it too. But Gerald tries to talk Piggie out of it and tells her that she can't throw the ball because she doesn't know how. Piggie of course disregards Gerald comments and thro...
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (2009)
This is a book by Mo Willems. It is a book that is in the piggy and elephant series. It is about a pig and an elephant are good friends. The Elephant can’t stop sneezing. He is really upset because he thinks that since he cannot stop sneezing that he might be allergic to pigs. Piggy is Gerald's ...
Should I Share My Ice Cream? (2011)
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems is one of our students' favorite books at Acton Academy Guatemala. They love the characters of Piggy and Elephant and they have read this book so many times that they have actually memorized the lines! I think my favorite part is probably when Elephant...
¿Debo compartir mi helado? (2000)
Loved this book! Definitely a younger read, probably kindergarten or first grade, but the innocence of the story ties in perfectly with the notion of sharing with out friends. Elephant internal struggles on whether or not to share with piggie, but the decision is made for him when he drops his ic...
I Broke My Trunk! (2011)
This book is about an Elephant that breaks his trunk and tells the story to Piggy. He broke it running to Piggy to tell him a different story. Piggy ends up doing the same thing. This book is another one of Mo Willems humors books that are fun to read. One thing happens after another. This book w...
We are in a Book! (2010)
I remember the first time I actually got around to reading We Are in a Book: it was about a week after it had come out, at the time I was working in a bookstore and ended up shelving 15 copies with several more housed in the back of the store for when we ran out of those. I’d stopped what I was d...