An Elephant & Piggie Biggie Volume 2!

Elephant & Piggie #11, 13, 20, 17, 14

by Mo Willems

From award-winning, best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems comes a bind-up of five Elephant & Piggie adventures to spark early-readers' imaginations.




Titles

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Animals, Comics

320 pages, Hardcover

Published September 17, 2019

About the author

#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 readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91.

The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's."

Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation.

Mo began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering 6 Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door.

He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shortly after finishing the first Elephant & Piggie Biggie, my son asked "Where's number 2?" My wife got him volume 2 for the lengthy car ride to his autism evaluation a few days ago. I think we've read this to him twice a day the past four days and he's gone through it himself at least that many times.

My son loves these books almost as much as he loves Dr. Seuss. This book contains I am Going, We Are in a book, I Broke My Trunk, Listen to My Trumpet, and I'm a Frog. As with the previous volume, these are cute, funny stories about friendship. We Are in a Book is a time loop, fitting since this book will probably be read until it falls apart.

Four out of five stars. My son has already asked where book three is so I imagine he'll have all of them come Christmas morning, if not sooner.

[F.C. Shultz]

Again, don’t usually add children’s books, but this thing is 300+ pages and we read Vol. 1 and 2 (just adding Vol. 2). They’re a ton of fun for our toddlers. And the story “We Are In A Book” is so fun. They break the fourth wall. Good stuff.

[Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

We bought this collection for both my 6-year old son and 3-year old daughter. My son loved it because he could read the stories aloud himself. My daughter loved it because they are really entertaining!

‘We are in a Book’ had my son laughing out loud, as he understood the humour in it. ‘I Broke my Trunk’ is my daughter’s favourite because it is so silly. No Willems is a fantastic children’s author!

[James Devore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume is even better than the first! Gosh it’s so creative and funny! Kids still loving it.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids (6 and 3) love “Estamos en un libro.” So this collection of elephant and piggie books is the perfect opportunity to explore more of these stories, and the English version of “We are in a book.”
They laugh out loud at Gerald and Elephant. These books are good for a span of age groups. Early readers and younger kiddos alike.

[Cara · Rating 4 out of 5]

We got this book for our son for Christmas and he's already breezed through it. Mo Williems writes stories that he finds funny and entertaining. And anything that gets him to read is good in my book.
This book has several of Williems' stories in it.

[The Book Squirrel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is requested REPEATEDLY!!! Kids simply adore the stories, memorising them and having them in hysterics. It's such a fun book to use voices and encourage children to use expression. The stories themselves are wholesome and teach emotions and how to express themselves.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elephant and piggy are silly because Gerald yells that book will end and Gerald doesn't want it to.
Another event is Gerald broke his trunk and Piggie breaks his snout.
Gerald lifts a hippopotamus, rhino, another hippopotamus, and a piano and runs to tell piggie and trips and breaks his trunk.

[Kallen Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The short stories in this book were even more funny than the first set! My 5 year old and I giggled through this whole book. I still love the fonts and text size to help make the story even better! “We Are In a Book!” was my favorite for sure!

[Noah Corbett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely love it. I watch the read Aloud versions on youtube with my son. And I finally got the hard cover for all 5 volumes and they are just soo much fun and full of laughter if you read them in a character voice.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read out loud the part of Gerald, and my funny student reads the part of Piggie in each of these books. The size of the type helps us know whether to speak the part loudly or quietly.
It’s something we look forward to every day, and we never get tired of them.

[EMMANUEL · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this collection of books. Very engaging and exciting. Definitely worth reading.

[Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

So fun! Even adults laugh out loud!

[Culleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of Elephant and Piggie books. Read this as part of my book reviews for school.

[Anna Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of books for a beginner reader. (first grader approximately)

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

These will never not be fun to read out loud to my girls. It's even better when they read them to me with equal flare and enthusiasm.

Pure silliness with great lessons about friendship.

[Sem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written in 2013, I'm a Frog would almost certainly not pass the 2020 Gender Affirmation Test.

[Camie · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 books in one - loved by my kids.

[Kathy Garland · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this to read to my grandsons in our video chats. One is 3 and one is 8. They both love the Elephant and Pigie adventures!

[Rachel42 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful set of Elephant and Piggie stories.

[thomas kreklow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book! Mo willems 10000000000000 stars!!!

[Mohammed Al Marri]

cool

[Shepherd · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite is We Are In A Book. It is so funny.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids love the Elephant & Piggie Biggie books. Be ready to do voices.

[Adam James · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is delightful - almost as delightful as boosting my "books read" number by including the anthology AND the individual books 📙🤪

[Mills College Library]

Early Reader W699b v.2

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mornings with Weston ❤️

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five great readalouds in one volume and every one is fun!

[Caleb Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super fun, entertaining read for the kids (though I was somewhat struck by the realization that Piggie is a girl, and still don't think I'm willing to believe it).

[Julie B · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are so fun to read to my kids