Listen to My Trumpet!-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 Listen to My Trumpet Piggie can't wait to play her new instrument for Gerald But is she ready to listen to his reaction?

Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 02/07/2012
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.70w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781423154044
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 154355 / Listen to My Trumpet!

Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Approved
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 99
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2012 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 147
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 51 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as an Honor (for We Are in a Book!).Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth.

Mo began his career on Sesame Street, where he garnered six Emmy Awards. He lives with his family in Massachusetts.