A Big Guy Took My Ball ! (Elephant & Piggie Hb)

Author: Mo Willems

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  • : $18.00 AUD
  • : 9781423174912
  • : Hyperion Books for Children
  • : Hyperion Books for Children
  • : February 2013
  • : 16.99
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  • : Mo Willems
  • : Hardback
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Barcode 9781423174912
9781423174912

Description

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.


Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.


Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends.


In "A Big Guy Took My Ball! "Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball! Gerald is big, too...but is he big enough to help his best friend?

Awards

Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Up to Seven) 2014 and Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) 2014 and Cybils (Easy Readers) 2013.

Author description

Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one "New York Times "best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!," "Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale," and "Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity"). "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for "There Is a Bird on Your Head! "and "Are You Ready to Play Outside?") as well as three Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, and "Let's Go for a Drive!").

Other favorites include "Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed" and "City Dog, Country Frog," illustrated by Jon J Muth. See above.