I Love My New Toy!-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 Love My New Toy , Piggie can't wait to show Gerald her brand new toy. But will an accidentally broken toy accidentally break a friendship?


Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781423109617
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 154568 / I Love My New Toy!


Award: Golden Kite - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Winner
Award: Golden Kite - Winner


Review Citation(s):
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
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 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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