Rating: 5 stars
Dear Mo Willems,
Here at our house, we love you. We just LOVE you! We love the way that you put together such silly little stories packed with great big lessons in a simple conversation between two funny friends. There is no end to the delight we get from these Elephant and Piggie books!
Please don't stop writing them. Not ever.
Please don't stop illustrating them. Not ever.
They. Are. Perfection.
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| What? Piggie? Melodramatic? Nah...! |
Lorelei & Ben & Kiefer's mom
P.S. I should add that while some of the books are simply great but not out-of-this-world, A Big Guy Took My Ball! is in the out-of-this-world category. Elephant tries to rescue a big ball that Piggie found from a Big Guy who swiped it. He's determined to be her hero, to not let her down, but then he sees that the Big Guy is actually...REALLY BIG. Even when compared to a pretty big elephant. He's suddenly a lot less brave. But then the Big Guy explains that it's his (little) ball and that no one will play with him because he's so big. So they create a random, inclusive game that they all play happily ever after.
There really is no comparison to this great series of beginner reader books. If you've got a child tripping along to reading by himself or herself, these books are going to be your best friends. They are short and funny, they involve very few words, and you and your new reader can each read a "part" in the book. Like I said--they are perfection!
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