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Are You Ready to Play Outside?
Willems has created a masterpiece for beginning readers that is simply told through the use of dialogue, which melds perfectly with uncluttered pink and grey cartoon-style illustrations. Aside from the friendship theme that appears throughout Willems' work, he continues to create astonishing emotional depth using the simplest of facial expressions on his characters. “Are You Ready to Play Outside?”tracks Piggie's changing feelings about rainy weather and Gerald's heroic efforts to help her grapple with her disappointments in a satisfying story arc.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2009 (Medal Winner)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423113478
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A Big Guy Took My Ball!
Gerald comes to Piggie's aid when a big guy takes away the ball she found. The classic schoolyard encounter has a wry twist and satisfying resolution in Willems' hands. Color coded speech bubbles and expressive cartoon illustrations will delight the reader.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2014 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423174912
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
A persistent pigeon asks, pleads, cajoles, wheedles, connives, negotiates, demands, and uses emotional blackmail in attempts to get behind the wheel. Pigeon will not take no for an answer and puts the reader on the spot, using an escalating series of tactics. Perfectly paced, every line and blank space in the deceptively simple illustrations are essential to this distinguished work.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2004 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780786819881
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I Broke My Trunk
In this installment of Elephant and Piggie's adventures, Piggie is very concerned because his best friend, Gerald the Elephant, has broken his trunk. Gerald proceeds to tell Piggie a long, rambling story about how it happened.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2012 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423133094
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Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Masterful photo collages take Trixie and her daddy through their now-familiar Brooklyn neighborhood to the pre-K class where Trixie discovers that her beloved Knuffle Bunny is not “so one-of-a-kind anymore.”- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2008 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423102991
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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
An ordinary trip to the laundromat with Dad becomes a hilarious epic drama of miscommunication when Trixie realizes that her beloved stuffed animal is left behind. This energetic comedy, illustrated with an unconventional combination of sepia-tone photographs and wry cartoon ink sketches, charms both parents and children.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2005 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780786818709
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Let's Go for a Drive
In “Let's Go for a Drive!” good friends Elephant and Piggie, sharing their high spirits through song and dance, prepare for a drive. Best plans go awry when they realize they have no car. Text clues in color-coded speech bubbles, white backgrounds and bold mixed-media illustrations add to the book's appeal for beginning readers.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2013 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423164821
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There Is a Bird on Your Head
In this humorous account of Elephant Gerald and Piggie's ongoing friendship, Gerald learns that there is something worse than having a bird on your head - having two birds on your head! Trying to help her friend, the always-playful Piggie ends up with a problem of her own. Willems' balanced design of color-coordinated speech bubbles, expressive cartoon art and familiar vocabulary create an engaging, laugh-out-loud experience for young readers. The charming characters, whimsical tone and accessible language come together in this fresh and memorable celebration of friendship.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2008 (Medal Winner)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423106869
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Waiting Is Not Easy!
Piggie has a big surprise for Gerald, but does he have the patience to wait? As the day wears on, Piggie remains calm while Gerald experiences a roller coaster of emotions, anticipating his reward. As night falls, their patience pays off with a breathtaking conclusion.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2015 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423199571
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We Are in a Book!
Contentedly hanging out, Gerald and Piggie notice that someone is looking at them. That someone turns out to be the reader in this hilarious, interactive story about the joys of reading (and being read)! Children will be unable to resist Elephant and Piggie's polite request to “…please read us again?”- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2011 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423133087