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.
InWaiting Is Not Easy!,Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. And Wait. And wait some more...
Mo Willems(www.pigeonpresents.com), a number oneNew York Timesbest-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (forDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, andKnuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity).Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (forThere Is a Bird on Your Head!andAre You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (forWe Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!,Let's Go for a Drive!andA Big Guy Took My Ball!).Other favorites includeNaked Mole Rat Gets DressedandCity Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth. Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts.
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* These books will easily take their place alongside Seuss and Eastman as classics in the beginning-reader genre.
The Bulletin (starred review)PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT & PIGGIE SERIES * Accessible, appealing, and full of authetic emotions about what makes friendships tick, these titles will put a contemporary shine on easy reader collections. Booklist (starred review)* These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse early-reader and picture-book audiences, alike. School Library Journal (starred review)