Elephant and Piggie Book I Love My New Toy!-An Elephant and Piggie Book, (Hardcover)

from rachelsticka

 Every child has been distraught over a new toy being broken, which adds to the reluctance of sharing. Willems creates a story in the art of sharing and that sometimes you have to have a little faith in your friends. And if your toy is broken, you'll still survive. Every child should read this book.

from Kdd026

This is an excellent book for teaching children how an author would like his story to be read. It has so much expression so it works great as a read aloud and then transition into giving examples of different texts with various punctuation and echo reading practicing fluency. I like the humor of ...

from Davis22

Another great addition to the Elephant and Piggie collection. In his Willems way, this story identifies with the connection we feel for inanimate objects (new toy), while stressing the importance of friendship over all. Things are best when shared with friends, so don't let those objects control ...

from Miss_Annie_O

This fantasy book opens to show Piggie ecstatic about her new toy! She "loves" the toy, but Gerald asks an important question; "what does it do?" Piggie is not sure what the toy does, so Gerald suggests that it is perhaps a throwing toy and proceeds to throw it far into the sky. When it finally c...

from JL2006

I love the Elepahnt and Piggie Books. My son and I take turns at being one of the characters. He loves these books. I find the words are easy for beginner readers and it helps him with his site word recognition. They are not long books to read so children do not get board. I find the more express...