'Today I Will Fly!' in the 'Elephant & Piggie' series by Mo Willems features exciting and funny dialog with lots of exclamation points. The text is all dialog, engaging readers with repetitive sentences between Elephant and Piggie, providing practice for early readers. The pictures are active, engaging, and funny, offering a bit of help to shaky readers without overshadowing the text. focuses on themes of friendship and supporting each other, making it a fun and educational read for young children.
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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?
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This is all about the power of imagination as Piggie is pretending to be another animal while Gerald struggles with that thought process. Then he is converted to the power of imagination.
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Today I Will Fly!?
About the Author:
Mo Willems is a six-time Emmy Award-winning writer and animator for Sesame Streetand the creator of Cartoon Network's Sheep in the BigCity. He is the author of groundbreaking picture books, including; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Caldecott Honor winner 2004); Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Caldecott Honor winner 2003); Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Time to Say "Please"!; Leonardo, the Terrible Monster; and Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. Mo lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. same as above
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