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Call Number: Reader WIL, Kids Book / Readers / Elephant & Piggie
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Readers / Elephant & Piggie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Readers / Elephant & Piggie	4-week checkout	Due 04-21-2024
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Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Readers / Elephant & Piggie	4-week checkout	Due 04-26-2024
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Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Readers / Elephant & Piggie	4-week checkout	Due 05-11-2024
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Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

fantastic! submitted by fairytale on July 27, 2012, 10:55pm Elephant and Piggie are very expressive and very funny. Great series for kids learning to read!

Love It! submitted by kathscot on August 14, 2012, 8:43pm We all love this book - it is fun and easy to read, has great illustrations and...
BANANAS!

Very funny submitted by ejmarcash on August 25, 2012, 10:46pm My 4 year old and i were entertained by the funny story.

This book is HILARIOUS!!!! submitted by VickyB77 on June 22, 2013, 11:19pm My son LOVES the Elephant and Piggie series, so much that he asked for elephant and piggie stuffed animals for Christmas. The characters are great, and my son will read these books dozens of times, over and over and over. This book had us both laugh-out-loud rolling on the floor in stitches. Awesome!!!

fabulous! submitted by juju6471 on July 12, 2013, 4:10pm This Elephant and Piggie book is fabulous!I just love the humor in this book!Great illustrations and big words for kids.The whole Elephant and Piggie series is fabulous and great for little kids I tell you!You really should read this book!The characters are great and hilarious !This book is one of my favorite books!

mo willems submitted by unknown on August 6, 2013, 1:16am Mo Willems does it again - he is so funny!!!

Super Cute submitted by Amber Kinder on June 13, 2014, 9:47pm This story is very cute and kids love it when Piggy and Elephant include them in the story.

Good submitted by Yanzhang on June 21, 2014, 10:50am Good ideal to read again

funny! submitted by 3rdwitch on July 26, 2014, 1:28pm Worrywart Gerald.

Funnnny submitted by manz on June 12, 2015, 11:08pm Hilarious book! I love all the Elephant and Piggie books. Mo Willems forever!

fun submitted by lgpat on August 25, 2015, 7:35pm good laughs for all

awesome submitted by minnet on August 31, 2015, 11:43am very funny

Gerald and Piggie submitted by jmb.mlis on July 19, 2016, 11:24pm Elephant and Piggie are pretty great. Excellent choice for beginning readers.

my daughter loves it submitted by Hanh Bui on August 26, 2017, 9:17am She loves to read books about elephant and piggie..and act out the story. this one teaches children the value of books.

Wonderful, interactive story submitted by KOH on June 17, 2018, 11:27am This is one of our absolute favorite children's books. Such a clever idea to "break the fourth wall" and interact with the reader. Just as fun and sweet as the other Elephant and Piggie stories too!

Super funny book! submitted by ronit benyair on June 22, 2018, 4:35pm We read this book in Hebrew and English and both versions were excellent!
Elephant and piggie find it fun to be in a book,
But what happens when the book ends?
It's a funny book that highly recommended by us.

Great book submitted by maggie_aa on July 22, 2018, 8:16pm Cute stories for kids

We are in a Book submitted by KathyK on July 25, 2018, 9:15pm Wonderful reading for the little ones.

Always fun submitted by JSabatini on August 13, 2018, 7:14am My daughter especially loved this one. Always a good read.

Fun to read submitted by Kanchan21 on July 11, 2019, 10:17am Its really funny book, pictures are great and my LO enjoyed it a lot. Its easy to read for new readers.

In a book submitted by avrogers1 on July 12, 2019, 1:32pm This is a really cute storybook series for young readers. The illustrations are very simpl, but still cute. This is a great series for readers who are just beginning.

Good submitted by TLW1998 on July 12, 2019, 11:29pm Fun fast read

Hilarious submitted by adesaik on July 27, 2019, 8:00am One of the must reads

Great Series submitted by gwenenelson on August 5, 2019, 3:47pm Watch for the pigeon making a sneak appearance!

Bananas submitted by pmysore on August 22, 2021, 8:44am My kids had a blast laughing about bananas

banana! submitted by VanCancue on August 23, 2021, 12:03pm This is so funny. They figure out a funny way to make sure the book never ends... I laughed so much .bananas!! - 6 yr old

Best Elephant and Piggie submitted by klroo on June 14, 2022, 1:16pm I love all of the Elephant and Piggie books, they do such a good job of developing a great, fun story with relatively little text, and this is one of my favorites!

Absolute favorite Elephant and Piggy submitted by rea2mill on June 23, 2022, 9:37am This is my absolute favorite Elephant and Piggy book, and is almost certainly in my kids’ top 5 favorite Elephant and Piggy books.

Read It Twice To Understand submitted by jgerman79 on August 7, 2022, 7:42pm Okay, once I went back to read it a second time I loved it. Very clever!

it was funny. submitted by K.O on August 16, 2022, 3:37pm I love when they are screaming.

Funny Book submitted by leea on August 26, 2022, 2:10am There are many appropriate and funny jokes and I gave this book to my greatgrandson for his birthday as he loves jokes.

My favorite book submitted by bears2567 on August 28, 2022, 2:18pm This is my favorite book in this series

Very funny book submitted by Helengio on June 10, 2023, 5:19pm My son laughs every time we read this and then asks to read it again (and again and again).

Meta magic submitted by robinmariepeterson on June 16, 2023, 10:09pm The most meta of the Elephant and Piggie books, but still a treat for kids

Fun! submitted by aotsubo on June 24, 2023, 11:51am My kid loves this book. It is so funny.

Fun & cute submitted by keldan315 on July 6, 2023, 10:16pm My son loves the entire series, and this is one of his absolute favorites. It's really cute and funny

after reading piggie and gerald submitted by oliviaWoo on July 13, 2023, 10:07am this book is fun but Gerald is very funny! And my favorite book is Piggie and Gerald!
this book's MIDDLIE one is so great! Piggie is cute and Gerald is funny.

Good reading for early readers submitted by SNG on July 15, 2023, 8:57am It is fun and entertaining to the book.

Simple illustrations pack a powerful punch submitted by abliu on July 28, 2023, 1:35am This book makes my kids howl with laughter! All the Mo books are good, but I think this is their favorite. It's so simple and silly!