Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
ReviewsStalwart friends Piggie and Gerald the elephant push the metafictive envelope in a big way when they realize that "someone is looking at us." Is it a monster? worries Gerald. "No," replies the squinting Piggie. "It is... / a reader! / A reader is reading us!" How? wonders Gerald. Piggie drapes herself on a word bubble to demonstrate: "We are in a book!" "THAT IS SO COOL!" Joy leads to a little bit of clever practical joking-Piggie figures out how to make the readers say "banana" out loud, and hilarity ensues-which gives way to existential angst: "The book ends?!" exclaims an appalled Gerald. Emergent readers just beginning to grapple one-on-one with the rules of the printed codex will find the friends' antics both funny and provocative: Just who is in control here, anyway? As always, Willems displays his customary control of both body language and pacing even as he challenges his readers to engage with his characters and the physicality of their book. The friends' solution to the book's imminent end? "Hello. Will you please read us again?" You bet.-- Kirkus
SynopsisMo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie. 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 We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? Read all of Elephant Gerald and Piggie's adventures! · Today I Will Fly! · My Friend is Sad · I Am Invited to a Party! · There is a Bird on Your Head! · I Love My New Toy! · I Will Surprise My Friend! · Are You Ready to Play Outside? · Watch Me Throw the Ball! · Elephants Cannot Dance! · Pigs Make Me Sneeze! · I Am Going! · Can I Play Too? · We Are in a Book! · I Broke My Trunk! · Should I Share My Ice Cream? · Let's Go for a Drive! · Happy Pig Day! · Listen to My Trumpet! · A Big Guy Took My Ball! · I'm a Frog! · My New Friend is So Fun! · Waiting is Not Easy! · I Will Take a Nap! · I Really Like Slop! · The Thank You Book, Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie. 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 We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? Read all of Elephant Gerald and Piggie's adventures! - Today I Will Fly! - My Friend is Sad - I Am Invited to a Party! - There is a Bird on Your Head! - I Love My New Toy! - I Will Surprise My Friend! - Are You Ready to Play Outside? - Watch Me Throw the Ball! - Elephants Cannot Dance! - Pigs Make Me Sneeze! - I Am Going! - Can I Play Too? - We Are in a Book! - I Broke My Trunk! - Should I Share My Ice Cream? - Let's Go for a Drive! - Happy Pig Day! - Listen to My Trumpet! - A Big Guy Took My Ball! - I'm a Frog! - My New Friend is So Fun! - Waiting is Not Easy! - I Will Take a Nap! - I Really Like Slop! - The Thank You Book, 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 interactive than previous Elephant & Piggie adventures. Fans of the Geisel Award-winning duo won't be able to put this book down--literally