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

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.


Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781423109624
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 123748 / I Will Surprise My Friend!


Award: Cybils - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2008 pg. 558
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2008 pg. 460
Booklist 07/01/2008 pg. 64
School Library Journal 08/01/2008 pg. 105
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 327 - Superior,Well Above Average
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 16
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 327 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Mo 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.

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