There are currently only two books in the series but I’m crossing my fingers for more. This delightful little series reminds me of Frog & Toad books but at an easier reading level with fewer words per page and shorter chapters. Definitely the next place to go after you finish all the Elephant and Piggie books.Ĭroc & Ally by Derek Anderson. They’re similarly charming and a little bit goofy. Each book is a stand-alone and written and illustrated by a different (famous) person and we’ve loved every one of them. If Your Child Loves Elephant and Piggie Books, Try These TitlesĮlephant and Piggie Like Reading! This series is a spin-off of the original Elephant and Piggie series and they are each introduced by Gerald and Piggie in the first few pages.
If your child has been flying through Elephant and Piggie books and needs more at that level, here are some other books with similar themes and reading level as Elephant and Piggie books! You probably already know that mega-popular series and the simple illustrations and speech bubbles make them extra engaging for children who are just getting the hang of reading independently. Of course, the minute that list came out, I was flooded with requests for a similar list for read-alikes to the Elephant and Piggie books. Elephant and Piggie make brief cameo appearances to bookend these new stories.Ī musical has been produced based on the Elephant and Piggie books.A few weeks ago, I shared a list of books for kids who love Mercy Watson or the Princess in Black. Since then, Willems has developed a series called Elephant and Piggie Like Reading!, which features pictures books by other authors. In August 2015, Willems announced that the 25th book in the series would be the last. Two books in the series have been listed on Time magazine's Top 10 Children's Books of the Year: Today I Will Fly! (ranked #2 in 2007) and Elephants Cannot Dance! (ranked #5 in 2009). There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside? won the Geisel Medal in 20. Books are added to the series on a roughly quarterly schedule, with two books occasionally released on the same day. The books often address issues of friendship. 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 series, which debuted in 2007 with two books, is done in a comic book style, and features two friends: an elephant named Gerald, and a pig named Piggie. Elephant and Piggie is a book series for early readers created by Mo Willems.
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