I Will Surprise My Friend!-An Elephant and Piggie Book -- Mo Willems, Hardcover

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: 0.80lbs
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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