There Is a Bird on Your Head!

Gerald and Piggie are best friends!
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.

In There Is a Bird On My Head!, Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head--two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friend?



Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.84w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781423106869
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 154573 / There Is a Bird on Your Head!

Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) - Winner
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/16/2007 pg. 18
School Library Journal 10/01/2007 pg. 130
PW Notes and Reprints 09/17/2007 pg. 57
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2007 pg. 39
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2008 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 54 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Mo Willems 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; Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. He also wrote Today I will Fly! and My Friend Is Sad, the first books in this series. In his previous life, Mo was a six-time Emmy Award-winning writer and animator for Sesame Streetand the creator of Cartoon Network's Sheep in the BigCity. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

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