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We are in a Book! (Elephant and Piggie #13)
by
Mo Willems
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?
Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers (and vetted by an early-learning specialist), Mo Willems has crafted a mind-bending story that is even more i...more
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?
Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers (and vetted by an early-learning specialist), Mo Willems has crafted a mind-bending story that is even more i...more
Hardcover, 57 pages
Published
September 14th 2010
by Disney-Hyperion
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Alright ... this is going to get awfully heavy for a children's book.
Taken as a children's book 'We are in a Book' is successful on all counts. The vocabulary is repeated without tedium while still managing to be expressed in context. The artwork is charming, the characters pleasantly quirky without being overt, and all in all the word bubble dynamic make it easy for a child to identify tone and conflict.
So, mechanically, this is a very well written children's book.
Now to the overall plot ... Ge...more
Taken as a children's book 'We are in a Book' is successful on all counts. The vocabulary is repeated without tedium while still managing to be expressed in context. The artwork is charming, the characters pleasantly quirky without being overt, and all in all the word bubble dynamic make it easy for a child to identify tone and conflict.
So, mechanically, this is a very well written children's book.
Now to the overall plot ... Ge...more
Mo Willems is love, love, love. His Elephant & Piggie series is brilliant and downright hilarious. I love them all but this book is my favorite!
Recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor award for controlled vocabulary, We Are in a Book! shines a new light on the joy of reading (and of being read!). In this book, Mo Willems takes readers to a different level of interactive storytelling.
Gerald and Piggie are spending their usual day together when Gerald realizes that someone is looking at hi...more
Recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor award for controlled vocabulary, We Are in a Book! shines a new light on the joy of reading (and of being read!). In this book, Mo Willems takes readers to a different level of interactive storytelling.
Gerald and Piggie are spending their usual day together when Gerald realizes that someone is looking at hi...more
Oct 09, 2012
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Mo Willems is a delight to parents and children alike as he effortlessly incorporates an ageless humor and a subtler mature humor into all of his books. We instantly get a peak of Elephant and Piggie’s character with the book cover, Piggie breaking our concept of dimension by lifting the page cover and standing in front of the author’s name. Elephant and Piggie break the boundaries between reader and book by acknowledging the reader in more than just the typical second-person point of view, but...more
1. Genre: Picture Book- Controlled Vocabulary
2. Gerald, the elephant, and Piggie are best friends that find themselves being read inside a book. Their dialogue about their predicament is sure to capture readers of all ages with their humor and joy.
3. Critique
a. Pictures
b. The pictures of this book are so simple, yet so perfect. The white background makes it seem as though there was a blank book lying there and the two animals were plopped inside. The animals seem to come closer and investigate t...more
1.) Picture book-Easy to Read (Controlled Vocabulary)
2.) A pig and an elephant discover that they are characters in a book and attempt to have a bit of fun with the reader before the book ends.
3.)a.) Willems uses an interesting mix of simple text presented in bold font and directly addressing the reader to convey a huge amount of interaction. Overall, the book has very little text--a skilled reader can fly through it with ease, but within that limited text, the reader creates a meaningful relati...more
2.) A pig and an elephant discover that they are characters in a book and attempt to have a bit of fun with the reader before the book ends.
3.)a.) Willems uses an interesting mix of simple text presented in bold font and directly addressing the reader to convey a huge amount of interaction. Overall, the book has very little text--a skilled reader can fly through it with ease, but within that limited text, the reader creates a meaningful relati...more
Eleanor: Dad I want to give it five stars.
Dad: So you understand how this whole, "reviewing thing" works now, huh?
Gwennie (Pointing to the cover): This is a pig, and this is an elephant. Do you want eat this - putting a toy plate against my mouth.
Eleanor: Tell me my favorite part.
Dad: I don't know what your favorite part is. It's your favorite part...
Eleanor: Say, 'what's your favorite part.'
Dad: Ok guys, what's your favorite part?
Eleanor: My favorite part is when they said, "Banana!" (muttering...more
Dad: So you understand how this whole, "reviewing thing" works now, huh?
Gwennie (Pointing to the cover): This is a pig, and this is an elephant. Do you want eat this - putting a toy plate against my mouth.
Eleanor: Tell me my favorite part.
Dad: I don't know what your favorite part is. It's your favorite part...
Eleanor: Say, 'what's your favorite part.'
Dad: Ok guys, what's your favorite part?
Eleanor: My favorite part is when they said, "Banana!" (muttering...more
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1. Controlled Vocabulary Picture Book (Geisel 2011 Honor Book)
2. Gerald, the elephant, and Piggie, his sidekick, come to the realization that “someone is looking at [them]!” (p. 8). When they realize it’s “a reader!” (p. 12), they find clever ways to involve the reader until the end…or is there ever really an end?
3. A. Content/ Plot
B. Many of the sentences in the book are five words and under. Sentences that exceed five words are broken up into multiple lines. Repetition also helps the beginner...more
2. Gerald, the elephant, and Piggie, his sidekick, come to the realization that “someone is looking at [them]!” (p. 8). When they realize it’s “a reader!” (p. 12), they find clever ways to involve the reader until the end…or is there ever really an end?
3. A. Content/ Plot
B. Many of the sentences in the book are five words and under. Sentences that exceed five words are broken up into multiple lines. Repetition also helps the beginner...more
1. controlled vocabulary (Geisel)
2. In this hilarious book, Piggie and Gerald realize that someone is looking at them. At first the worry that it is a monster. Imagine their surprise when they realize its the reader! The two characters then delight in making the reader say different things..."Banana!" But when they realize the book is about to end, they quickly put their minds together to find a way to get the reader to keep reading!
3. Critique
a. The reader -no matter their age, will find thems...more
2. In this hilarious book, Piggie and Gerald realize that someone is looking at them. At first the worry that it is a monster. Imagine their surprise when they realize its the reader! The two characters then delight in making the reader say different things..."Banana!" But when they realize the book is about to end, they quickly put their minds together to find a way to get the reader to keep reading!
3. Critique
a. The reader -no matter their age, will find thems...more
Title: We are in a Book
Genre: Graphic Novel
Summary: Gerald the elephant and Piggie the pig are shocked to discover they are in a book, and they are being read by a reader. The duo become excited when they learn they can control the reader, however, when they find out that the book must end they must find a way for the reader to continue reading them.
A.The critique looks at the colorful and comical illustrations in “We Are in a Book!” The color of the characters, the simple background, and the us...more
Genre: Graphic Novel
Summary: Gerald the elephant and Piggie the pig are shocked to discover they are in a book, and they are being read by a reader. The duo become excited when they learn they can control the reader, however, when they find out that the book must end they must find a way for the reader to continue reading them.
A.The critique looks at the colorful and comical illustrations in “We Are in a Book!” The color of the characters, the simple background, and the us...more
Well, most parents of young kids are already well award of the magic that Mo Willems creates with his books. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale is a classic, and Willems' early reader series Elephant & Piggie is such a great joy to read for parent and kid alike. I happily recommend any in the series, but decided to single We Are in a Book! for a review because it epitomizes everything I love about these books. Elephant and Piggie are just relaxing in the early pages when Gerald, the Elephant,...more
I adore all of Mo Willems' books, but We Are in a Book!, part of the Elephant and Piggie series, is particularly delightful. It seems like "meta" books are in these days, from It's a Book to Interrupting Chicken. In We Are in a Book!, Elephant and Piggie realize that they are being read... "by a READER!" Hijinks ensue. Mo Willems has such a wonderful gift of saying so much with so few words (which is what independent readers are all about), but unlike many authors who write for the preschool age...more
This review is for all the Elephant and Piggie books.
You know how, when you’re an adult, you stop reading picture books? Unless you have kids…but that’s different. You aren’t reading them for you. Well, I have a friend who’s never had this happen to her. She still loves to read picture books. And she has instilled in me the same love.
So, when I say I love the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems, I don’t mean, I remember loving them. I mean, I just discovered them a few months ago and I think...more
You know how, when you’re an adult, you stop reading picture books? Unless you have kids…but that’s different. You aren’t reading them for you. Well, I have a friend who’s never had this happen to her. She still loves to read picture books. And she has instilled in me the same love.
So, when I say I love the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems, I don’t mean, I remember loving them. I mean, I just discovered them a few months ago and I think...more
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1. Picture Book: Controlled Vocabulary (Geisel Award)
2. Elephant and Piggie are on yet another adventure this time they are able to see the reader! Spending time trying to figure out how, who and why the reader is even looking at them. However, they find they have a power that will make anyone laugh.
3. a: The greatest strength of this book was how quick it is to involve the reader. It has the reader thinking like Elephant and Piggie as well as listening to there commands. PIggie is one who is...more
2. Elephant and Piggie are on yet another adventure this time they are able to see the reader! Spending time trying to figure out how, who and why the reader is even looking at them. However, they find they have a power that will make anyone laugh.
3. a: The greatest strength of this book was how quick it is to involve the reader. It has the reader thinking like Elephant and Piggie as well as listening to there commands. PIggie is one who is...more
It is taking everything in my power to keep from exploding in a fit of giggles right now. I just finished processing this book for our library's shelves and decided to take two minutes to read it before I put it on the cart to go out. Big mistake.
We Are in a Book! is my new favorite Piggie and Elephant book. All of the entries in this series are hilarious, but this one... THIS ONE takes it up several levels. With a little stroke of the brush, Mo Willems manages to change the characters' expressi...more
We Are in a Book! is my new favorite Piggie and Elephant book. All of the entries in this series are hilarious, but this one... THIS ONE takes it up several levels. With a little stroke of the brush, Mo Willems manages to change the characters' expressi...more
We are in a Book, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books, 2010). 57 p. Controlled Vocabulary
Summary - Gerald and Piggie are so excited to find that they are in a book. They love the fact that they can get their readers to say whatever they say. However, Gerald is distressed when he finds out the book must end. See how Piggie finds a solution to this problem!
Critique –A. Characterization in the story.
B. The illustrator drew the characters with such vivid expressions that that the reader is able to feel w...more
Summary - Gerald and Piggie are so excited to find that they are in a book. They love the fact that they can get their readers to say whatever they say. However, Gerald is distressed when he finds out the book must end. See how Piggie finds a solution to this problem!
Critique –A. Characterization in the story.
B. The illustrator drew the characters with such vivid expressions that that the reader is able to feel w...more
This book, trying hard, is not nearly as funny as Millie Waits for the Mail or Mustache! is without so obviously working for it. Its theme has been done before masterfully in The Monster at the End of this Book. That last should be read by every child, even if his or her parents hate Sesame Street. It is a literary masterpiece. This is the same idea, but much more boring. It's an easy reader, though, and, sure 'nough, my beginning reader laughed his way through it easily. Then he folded up a bun...more
I love this book. I started my niece's library of Elephant and Piggie books and my sister took it from there. I think they are only missing one at this point. When my nephew was just a few months old, my niece could make him chortle when my sister read them Elephants Cannot Dance by saying "backwards?" in her little voice.
Fast forward several months, and at 16 months old, this is my nephew's absolute favorite book. He will go to the shelf, find it and pull it out. If no one can read it to him r...more
Fast forward several months, and at 16 months old, this is my nephew's absolute favorite book. He will go to the shelf, find it and pull it out. If no one can read it to him r...more
This is, from what I remember, the second Mo Willems books we've read with the first one being just the other day. When I picked up the first Willems book, the title of which I can't remember, I had no idea he was such a known or well-loved author.
After reading the two we've read I can see why he's well-known but now exactly why he's so well-loved. They're both good kids books, we liked both, but they're not fantastic IMO.
This was more unique then much of what we've read so that went over well...more
After reading the two we've read I can see why he's well-known but now exactly why he's so well-loved. They're both good kids books, we liked both, but they're not fantastic IMO.
This was more unique then much of what we've read so that went over well...more
This book was so cute. Ilene read it to us in ED 315, and our whole class was laughing the entire time. I have never read a book like this before, and I am definitely going to buy it. It was excellent. I would have kindegarten and 1st grade teachers read this book to their class, and also have second and third graders read it. It is so funny!
Children's Literature
Elephant and Piggie are back, celebrating words and reading. Gerald realizes someone is looking at the two of them and the pair is puz...more
Children's Literature
Elephant and Piggie are back, celebrating words and reading. Gerald realizes someone is looking at the two of them and the pair is puz...more
I will just give a generic review of this series.....We love them. They are so dang funny. It amazes me that with just a few pen strokes Willems can convey so many different emotions. The illustrations are hilarious and the story line is always entertaining. They are great books for reading out loud in dramatic ways. They're also great for kids wanting something to read on their own, or with a parent. Sometimes I'll read the Pig part (because I'm a girl) and my boys will read the Elephant part (...more
I obviously love love love this book because Mo Willems is my favorite author. However, out of all of the Elephant/Piggie stories, this one is probably my favorite. Gerald and Piggie realize that they're actually in a book during the story and exchange hilarious conversation that will motivate young children to read. For example, "A reader is reading and look at us RIGHT NOW!" Ah, brillant... this will have students turning the pages and wanting to know what comes out of Gerald and Piggie's mout...more
This is my Monarch award title.
I thought the book was very creative and imaginative.
Fictional: Pre-K -2nd unisex
Special passage: Gerald the elephant looks at piggie and says" some one is looking at us" pig looks and looks comes to the front of the page and say" someone is looking at us". I felt the illustration was just fantastic, pig lokked like he was going to stick his head out of the book looking to see who was looking at them pg 8-10. On page 12 they figure out it was a particular person lo...more
I thought the book was very creative and imaginative.
Fictional: Pre-K -2nd unisex
Special passage: Gerald the elephant looks at piggie and says" some one is looking at us" pig looks and looks comes to the front of the page and say" someone is looking at us". I felt the illustration was just fantastic, pig lokked like he was going to stick his head out of the book looking to see who was looking at them pg 8-10. On page 12 they figure out it was a particular person lo...more
I adore books about books, and the fabulous characters Elephant and Piggie star in this one. Elephant and Piggie are so different in character, yet are the very best of friends. Mo Willem's drawings express their differing feelings so well in these deceptively simple pictures.
This book is all about the joy and anxiety associated with dicovery. E and P discover that they are in a book, and that someone is reading them. They are elated by their power over the reader, but then realise that the read...more
This book is all about the joy and anxiety associated with dicovery. E and P discover that they are in a book, and that someone is reading them. They are elated by their power over the reader, but then realise that the read...more
Elephant and Piggie, We're in a Book is an excellent book for very young readers
to introduce them to the pleasure of reading, and start building the imagination.
It's a very simple book but it's based on anticipating the child reader's understanding
so that he or she starts to understand what to expect in a back, and ends surprisingly
by.... and that's the way it goes.
It's full of surprises on each and every page with the two squarely drawn Elephant and Piggie
who realise that they're "in a bo...more
to introduce them to the pleasure of reading, and start building the imagination.
It's a very simple book but it's based on anticipating the child reader's understanding
so that he or she starts to understand what to expect in a back, and ends surprisingly
by.... and that's the way it goes.
It's full of surprises on each and every page with the two squarely drawn Elephant and Piggie
who realise that they're "in a bo...more
Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?!
(Goodreads Summary)
We Are in a Book! (Elephant and Piggie) by Mo Willems is a Geisel Honor book. This time out the fourth wall is broken as Elephant and Piggie talk directly to the reader. They are hysterical over their ability to make the reader say a silly word. Gerald has a near breakdown when he realizes that books end, but Piggie comes up with a...more
(Goodreads Summary)
We Are in a Book! (Elephant and Piggie) by Mo Willems is a Geisel Honor book. This time out the fourth wall is broken as Elephant and Piggie talk directly to the reader. They are hysterical over their ability to make the reader say a silly word. Gerald has a near breakdown when he realizes that books end, but Piggie comes up with a...more
Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award
Willems, Mo. We Are in a Book! New York, N.Y: Hyperion, 2010. Print.
Piggie and his elephant friend Gerald appear in Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems. In this story, when Piggie and Gerald discover they are in a book, they decide to test their ability to influence the reader. However, Gerald’s silliness soon turns to worry as he realizes the book is going to end. The two come up with a great idea at the end to solve their problem. Young readers in presch...more
Willems, Mo. We Are in a Book! New York, N.Y: Hyperion, 2010. Print.
Piggie and his elephant friend Gerald appear in Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems. In this story, when Piggie and Gerald discover they are in a book, they decide to test their ability to influence the reader. However, Gerald’s silliness soon turns to worry as he realizes the book is going to end. The two come up with a great idea at the end to solve their problem. Young readers in presch...more
"We Are in a Book" follows the story of Gerald the Elephant and Piggie in the next installment of Mo Willem's Elephant and Piggie series. In this book, Gerald and Piggie realize they are being watched. They discover that the person watching them is a reader and they are in a book! The story continues as Gerald and Piggie realized that they can get the reader to say things out loud and hilarity ensues. Eventually, Gerald and Piggie realize that the book has to end and they desperately try to prol...more
We Are in a Book! might be my favorite in the outstanding Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems! His books are that good and they are all great at what they do: namely getting kids to read and have a hilarious time doing it. And this one is getting kids (and parents) belly laughing from the get go. In this adventure, Piggie and Gerald get the feeling someone is looking at them. After some uproarious detective work they discover they are in a book!!! This is when Elephant and Piggie break down...more
Just when we thought the novelty of Willem's Elephant & Piggie series had worn off, he offers us We Are in a Book!, a new spin on other versions of self-aware characters such as Grover in The Monster at the End of This Book. As with other Elephant and Piggie books, illustrations are sparse and focused on conveying the melodramatic expressions of friends Gerald and Piggie. Exclamation marks, question marks, italics, ellipsis, and font size provide early readers with plenty of practice to read...more
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#1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale.
In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early r...more
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In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early r...more
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