false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172606427m/197515.jpg 197515 1 Best-selling picture book creator Mo Willems is leaps into the early reader arena with the Elephant and Piggie series.  Not surprisingly, the books are hilarious, charming, and speak directly to kids. </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The books feature two lovable and funny characters: an optimistic (and often reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant.  Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the plunge with these books to start reading on their own.  Each book has been vetted by an early learning specialist.  These sweet and surprising stories are a much-needed breath of fresh air in the early reader arena.  <BR><BR><EM>Today, I Will Fly!</EM> is the funny introduction to the characters.  Piggie is determined to fly.  But Gerald the elephant knows that's impossible--isn't it?  <BR></DIV> 191055 1 4 2007 Today I Will Fly! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) total:602|5:306|4:206|3:77|2:9|1:4| 602 2607 695 75 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 30 11:02:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 11:12:38 -0800 2009 4 out of 5 stars

Willems uses simplistic pencil drawings of the two main characters, which are repeated throughout the entire book. The arrangement of the text is predictable as well; on each page, the text appears as spoken words from one of the illustrations. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 02 07:45:40 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 07:57:52 -0800 2009
Willems made great use of white space and large fonts in “Today I Will Fly”. The pictures of Elephant and Piggie are simple drawings using pink and gray, but they portray the expressions of humans. Willems used repetition of sight words and maintained sim...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 12 14:30:31 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 14:30:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 13:36:21 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 13:36:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 05:35:38 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 05:53:17 -0700 2009
After Maya read the party book, she has returned...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 07 21:02:07 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 21:06:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 22 20:41:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:42:53 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 09:55:36 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 12:18:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:43:23 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:45:03 -0700 2009
Great for emerging readers. Very funny.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 12:07:54 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:09:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 14:05:05 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 14:06:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 12:04:54 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 12:05:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 25 19:05:20 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 07:36:17 -0700 2007
We can’t help directing you to some of our other favourite books on the themes of pigs and fl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 12 12:23:11 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 12:24:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 18:38:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 18:39:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 22 17:37:37 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 17:38:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:04:49 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:05:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 03:26:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 03:29:54 -0700 2009 You can't fly!
You need some help.
I want to fly.
Good luck!]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 05 16:18:25 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 16:19:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 07:42:20 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 07:44:25 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=197515