In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty.
Yes, Gerald and Piggie have ushered countless readers into literacy, but as they rightly note, reading is a collaborative act. “We could not be ‘us’ without you,” says Gerald, earnestly looking out from the page, and Piggie chimes in, “You are the best!” As Elephant & Piggie books go, this isn’t one of the strongest, but it is a validating valediction to fans of the two characters, who have won Willems two Geisel Medals and five Honors. But that’s not whom Piggie forgot to thank! A classic Willems tantrum later, Gerald reveals the “someone important”: “Our reader.” Of course. “I goofed,” Piggie says in itty-bitty type, before lavishing thanks on Gerald. Gerald is sure his friend will forget someone-“someone important”-but Piggie assures him, “It will be a THANK-O-RAMA!” Piggie proceeds to thank the Squirrels for their great ideas, Snake for playing ball, and the Pigeon “for never giving up.” Piggie thanks and thanks: “I am a thanking machine!” She thanks character after character, even the Flies (“Any time, dude!”), as Gerald continues to interject that she’ll forget “someone VERY important.” Finally Piggie runs out of thanks, and by this time Gerald is steamed. Elephant and Piggie make brief cameo appearances to bookend these new stories.Ī musical has been produced based on the Elephant and Piggie books.Piggie is “one lucky pig,” and she’s determined to make sure she thanks “everyone who is important to” her in this, the final Elephant & Piggie book. Since then, Willems has developed a series called Elephant and Piggie Like Reading!, which features pictures books by other authors. In August 2015, Willems announced that the 25th book in the series would be the last. Two books in the series have been listed on Time magazine's Top 10 Children's Books of the Year: Today I Will Fly! (ranked #2 in 2007) and Elephants Cannot Dance! (ranked #5 in 2009). There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside? won the Geisel Medal in 20. Books are added to the series on a roughly quarterly schedule, with two books occasionally released on the same day. The books often address issues of friendship.
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 series, which debuted in 2007 with two books, is done in a comic book style, and features two friends: an elephant named Gerald, and a pig named Piggie. Elephant and Piggie is a book series for early readers created by Mo Willems.
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