  | Let's go for a drive! (Elephant & Piggie book) Author: Willems, Mo | |
| Price: $17.49 | ||
Summary:
Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.
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| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 1.00 Points: .5 Quiz: 154610 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: K-2 Reading Level: 2.10 Points: 1.0 Quiz: 77564 | |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (10/01/12)
School Library Journal (+) (10/01/12)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 10/01/2012 K-Gr 2—Best friends Elephant and Piggie are back in a new adventure that extols imaginative play and flexibility. Type-A Elephant suggests going for a drive (narrated hilariously by the friends with a Pigeon-esque "Drive! Drive! Drivey-drive-drive!"), but cannot stop panicking about contingencies long enough to relax. Piggie gamely supplies solutions to assuage Elephant's concerns, each time adding a new sound effect to their play-"Map! Map! Mappy-map-map!" and so on-guaranteeing laughs from children. Eventually, Elephant thinks of a need that Piggie cannot supply, causing him to have a flat-out meltdown (also reminiscent of the Pigeon), but in the end, Piggie's quick thinking saves the day. The clean line drawings mirror and support the concise text; both avoid unnecessary details while evoking the full range of emotion. The deceptive simplicity and the comic-book layout will entice even reluctant readers, and is a perfect read-aloud for groups of a wide age range. A must-have for every library.—Rebecca Dash Donsky, New York Public Library - Copyright 2012 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
