Elephant and Piggie


Elephant and Piggie is a book series for early readers by Mo Willems. The series, which debuted in 2007 with two books, is done in a comic book style, and features two friends: an elephant, Gerald, and a pig, Piggie. The books are written in conversational style with Piggie's words appearing in pink letter bubbles and Gerald's appearing in grey letter bubbles. The books often address issues of friendship. Books are added to the series on a roughly quarterly schedule, with two books occasionally released on the same day. There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside? won the Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009. Two books in the series have been listed on Time magazine's Top 10 Children's Books of the Year: Today I Will Fly! and Elephants Cannot Dance!.
In August 2015, Willems announced that the 25th book in the series would be the last. However, more have been published but they are written by other authors. Elephant and Piggie make brief cameo appearances to bookend these new stories.
A musical has been produced based on the Elephant and Piggie books.

Books

  1. Today I Will Fly!
  2. My Friend is Sad
  3. I Am Invited to a Party!
  4. There Is a Bird on Your Head!
  5. I Love My New Toy!
  6. I Will Surprise My Friend!
  7. Are You Ready To Play Outside?
  8. Watch Me Throw The Ball!
  9. Elephants Cannot Dance!
  10. Pigs Make Me Sneeze!
  11. I Am Going!
  12. Can I Play Too?
  13. We Are In A Book!
  14. I Broke My Trunk!
  15. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
  16. Happy Pig Day!
  17. Listen To My Trumpet
  18. Let's Go for a Drive!
  19. A Big Guy Took My Ball
  20. I'm a Frog!
  21. My New Friend Is So Fun
  22. Waiting Is Not Easy!
  23. I Will Take a Nap!
  24. I Really Like Slop!
  25. The Thank You Book
  26. We Are Growing
  27. The Cookie Fiasco
  28. The Good for Nothing Button
  29. It's Shoe Time!
  30. The Itchy Book
  31. Harold & Hog Pretend for Real!
  32. What About Worms?!