  | Happy Pig Day! (Elephant & Piggie book) Author: Willems, Mo | |
| Price: $17.68 | ||
Summary:
Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year, but Gerald the elephant is sad, thinking that he cannot join the fun.
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| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: .70 Points: .5 Quiz: 147098 |
Common Core Standards
Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Craft & Structure
Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade K → Reading → RF Foundational Skills → K.RF Fluency
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 2 → Reading → CCR College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards fo
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (09/15/11)
School Library Journal (11/01/11)
Booklist (10/15/11)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 11/01/2011 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 - Copyright 2011 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 10/15/2011 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. - Copyright 2011 Booklist.
