Customer Reviews
Excellent toddler book! 
2008-10-12
My daughter loves this book! Never fails to get lots of belly laughs. The text in the thought bubbles is really secondary to the telling of the story that goes on via the drawings of Elephant and Piggie. This has been a bedtime favorite for some time and still has not gotten old - highly recommended!
Mo Willems should be declared a National Treasure! 2008-09-18
Mo Willems is a genius. These books work like a classic Warner Brothers cartoon; working on two levels simultaneously. There's simple sight-gag humor for the kids; and sly, subtle humor for the grownups. The sparse but extremely expressive artwork is a joy to behold and study. My 4 year old daughter encounterd this book in a library while on vacation this summer. We all find the book and all the others in the series to be excruciatingly funny! We read the books aloud; I play Gerald, and my daughter plays Piggie. (I also do any other minor characters) We read the dialogue in a huge, over-the-top, melodramatic fashion, doing our best Mel Blanc/Daws Butler impressions, and act out the physical bits where we can... She just dissolves into fits of hysterical laughter... We have all of the Piggie books now, and several of the "Pigeon" series too. I cannot recommend the works of Mo Willems highly enough!
Another great book, by a great author.... 2008-09-13
One of my daughter's favorites and mine. It's great for laughs and pre-school kids will love it! I'm a huge fan of Mo Willems and of course this is a hit in our home, 5 STARS!!
Toddler (and mom) Love it! 2008-07-17
My 3.5yo daughter absolutely loves this book. She will recite a line from it to me and we'll go back and forth "playing out" the story. I just mention "there's a bird on your head!" and she will fall into fits of giggles.
My 2yo son was not as interested (though if it doesn't have construction trucks or diggers, etc, he's not interested either). I think as he gets older he will appreciate the humor and story.
Cute story & I bought more based on the success of this one. I recommend to my friends w/similar aged kids.
Great book for daughter and mom 2008-05-20
I bought this book based on the reviews of others. My daughter is 1½ and since we live abroad, I am trying to encourage her English skills and the book sounded funny.
She loves this book and can now count to three and say "hatching", although I am not quite sure how handy THAT word comes in...:-)
The book is always read at least three times and I enjoy it as much as she does - I can highly recommend this book.
A great book for reluctant "new readers" 2008-04-24
In There is a Bird on Your 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?
Great early reader series 
2008-04-23
This series (Elephant and Piggie) is great for reluctant early readers! This is not the funniest of the series so far, but all of them include elements that help my child engage: slapstick humor, dramatic and funny banter, easy language coupled with sophisticated content. Hard to find combination.
Another great one from Mo 2008-03-24
I really love Mo. He's awesome and has a way of connecting with both of my boys (ages 4 & 6), me, and the grandparents. The illustrations are great. It's perfect for my 4 year old. I would prefer more challenging reading for my 6 year old, but he loves it.
Enjoy!
unexpected great moment 2008-02-23
I happen to be waiting for exrays for my elderly mother and I happened to pick up this book and decided to make time pass quickly,so I began to read aloud to my mother (84yrs. old). Well, we both laughed wholeheartedly with each turn of the page. Even bystanders enjoyed it. So young or old, Mo touches the child in all of us.The humor was simple and well illustrated.I wish I had grandchildren to read to but I am sure going to get the entire collection, just in case, and in the meantime I will read to my favorite audience, Mom. Thanks for the moment!
Another Hit from Mo Willems! 2008-01-19
There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (Elephant and Piggie)
What a great book for emergent readers! Text is in "talking bubble" form, lots of high frequency word practice and best of all, sky high children's interest. My K/1 parents have shared in the reading logs that the older kids in the house hear their younger sibs read and laugh and read the books themselves before they get put back in the reading folders! We're huge Mo Willems fans in my classroom~~from the Pigeon books to Elephant and Piggie~~we have them all!
