I Will Surprise My Friend!-An Elephant and Piggie Book

Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In I Will Surprise My Friend!, Gerald and Piggie want to play a game and surprise each other--but the biggest surprise is the one they least expect. Read all of Elephant Gerald and Piggie's adventures!- Today I Will Fly!- My Friend is Sad- I Am Invited to a Party!- There is a Bird on Your Head!- I Love My New Toy!- I Will Surprise My Friend!- Are You Ready to Play Outside?- Watch Me Throw the Ball!- Elephants Cannot Dance!- Pigs Make Me Sneeze!- I Am Going!- Can I Play Too?- We Are in a Book!- I Broke My Trunk!- Should I Share My Ice Cream?- Let's Go for a Drive!- Happy Pig Day!- Listen to My Trumpet!- A Big Guy Took My Ball!- I'm a Frog!- My New Friend is So Fun!- Waiting is Not Easy!- I Will Take a Nap!- I Really Like Slop!- The Thank You BookPublisher: Hyperion Books for ChildrenPublished: 06/01/2008Pages: 64Weight: 0.8lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.70w x 0.50dISBN: 9781423109624Age: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 0.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 123748 / I Will Surprise My Friend!Award: Cybils - FinalistReview Citation(s): Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2008 pg. 558Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2008 pg. 460Booklist 07/01/2008 pg. 64School Library Journal 08/01/2008 pg. 105Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 327 - Superior,Well Above AverageKirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 16Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 327 - Superior,Well Above AverageAbout the AuthorMo Willems is the author of groundbreaking picture books, including; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Caldecott Honor winner 2004); Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Caldecott Honor winner 2003); Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Time to Say "Please"!; Leonardo, the Terrible Monster; Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. He also wrote Today I will Fly!, My Friend Is Sad, There Is a Bird on Your Head, and I Am Invited to a Party!, the first books in this series. In his previous life, Mo was a six-time Emmy Award-winning writer and animator for Sesame Streetand the creator of Cartoon Network's Sheep in the Big City. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. same as above