ELEPHANT & PIGGIE

Elephant and Piggie is a book series for early readers by Mo Willems

The series, which debuted in 2007 with two books, is done in a comic book style, and features two friends

an elephant, Gerald, and a pig, Piggie

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 books often address issues of friendship

Books are added to the series on a roughly quarterly schedule, with two books occasionally released on the same day

There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside? won the Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009

Two books in the series have been listed on Time magazine’s Top 10 Children’s Books of the YEAR