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Happy Pig Day!  Cover Image Book Book

Happy Pig Day! / by Mo Willems.

Willems, Mo. (Author).

Summary:

Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year, but Gerald the elephant is sad, thinking that he cannot join the fun.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781423143420
  • ISBN: 1423143426
  • ISBN: 9781338118162
  • Physical Description: 57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, [2011]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8.
170L Lexile
Decoding demand: 36 (low) Semantic demand: 39 (low) Syntactic demand: 17 (very low) Structure demand: 50 (medium) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 0.7 0.5 147098.
Subject: Gerald (Fictitious character from Willems) > Juvenile fiction.
Piggie (Fictitious character from Willems) > Juvenile fiction.
Swine > Juvenile fiction.
Elephants > Juvenile fiction.
Parties > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.

Available copies

  • 42 of 61 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Marion County.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Marion County Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 61 total copies.
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Syndetic Solutions - BookList Review for ISBN Number 9781423143420
Happy Pig Day!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
Happy Pig Day!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
by Willems, Mo
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Hooray, it's Happy Pig Day! Of course, Gerald the elephant has no clue what this means, so Piggie launches into the holiday's myriad glories. The parties! The dances! The pig foods! The pig games! Everyone crying Oinky! Oink! Oink! (That's Happy Pig Day in Pig.) But while Piggie cavorts with other pigs, Gerald slinks away, feeling, as many kids sometimes do, the exclusion of not being involved in a particular holiday. Here Willems displays his cunning use of white space: the two friends are so far apart on the page. The good news? Happy Pig Day is for those who love pigs, too.--Kraus, Daniel Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Happy Pig Day in Pig.' " (Early reader. 4-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Syndetic Solutions - School Library Journal Review for ISBN Number 9781423143420
Happy Pig Day!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
Happy Pig Day!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
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PreS-Gr 3-Beginning readers will delight in this funny tale. Gerald and Piggie are celebrating "The day of the pig" with pig songs, pig dances, pig food, pig games, and friends wishing one another "oinky, oink oink," which is "pig for Happy Pig Day!" Gerald the elephant seems genuinely interested in this celebration until Piggie's friends start speaking "pig" and he feels left out. The animated characters convey emotion and humor; masterful use of white space and comic-style text bubbles will inspire repeated readings. Another hit for Willems.-Melissa Smith, Royal Oak Public Library, MI (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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It's "the best day of the year"-Happy Pig Day! Piggie goes hog-wild with her porcine friends, but Gerald feels left out and shrinks away. After Piggie finds her friend, Gerald works himself into an existential meltdown: "I do not have a snout. I do not have hooves! I am not pink! I want to say, `Happy Pig Day' in Pig! But I am not a pig." As always, Willems's delightfully mismatched best friends communicate with bold declarations and gestural expressions that convey a vast range of recognizable emotions-from the agony of feeling left out to unbridled joy at celebrating all things pig. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.


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