Today I Will Fly!-An Elephant and Piggie Book: 9781423102953

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.

Today, I Will Fly! is the funny introduction to the characters.

Piggie is determined to fly.

But Gerald the elephant knows that's impossible--isn't it? Read more From Booklist *Starred Review* Graphic novel influences have reached into most areas of children's book publishing; here, they crop up in a classic genre-the friendship--duo easy reader-and chalk up yet another success for two-time Caldecott Honor winner Willems.

The basic approach is familiar from Willems' previous books, especially Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003).

It's as if each page were one frame of a comic strip, characters zip in and out of white space, proffer speech-bubble remarks, and express emotion through spot-on body language.

Today I Will Fly juxtaposes Piggie's optimistic ambitions with stodgier Elephant's naysaying.