A Big Guy Took My Ball! (an Elephant and Piggie Book)

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.

In A Big Guy Took My Ball Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball Gerald is big, too...but is he big enough to help his best friend?


Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 05/21/2013
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781423174912
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 158336 / Big Guy Took My Ball!

Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2013
Booklist 05/01/2013 pg. 89
Shelf Awareness 06/18/2013
School Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 74
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2013
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 55 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle 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 (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as three Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, and Let's Go for a Drive!).Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth.

See above.