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Elephant & Piggie #24
I Really Like Slop!
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 I Really Like Slop!, Piggie invites Gerald to try her favorite food . . . slop. But Gerald is not so sure he's going to like it. At all.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In I Really Like Slop!, Piggie invites Gerald to try her favorite food . . . slop. But Gerald is not so sure he's going to like it. At all.
64 pages, Hardcover
First published November 3, 2015
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About the author
Mo Willems
200 books4,108 followers#1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale.
In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91.
The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's."
Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation.
Mo began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering 6 Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door.
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.
In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91.
The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's."
Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation.
Mo began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering 6 Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door.
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.
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June 25, 2020
So, today is my daughter's birthday, and just for fun I asked her which of her books I should review next. This friends was her answer.
In this volume of the epic Elephant & Piggie saga, Piggie makes some slop (or, as she says, "yummy, yummy slop"). Gerald reacts as most would, taking in the sight and smell of this food and decides it's not necessarily for him. Piggie then tries to get him to try it.
Honestly, this isn't one of the best in the series. My daughter finds it hilarious and it's one that she quotes a lot (every time she eats soup, she wants to pretend it is slop). There's a few visual jokes in it that work pretty well and there's a nice moral about trying new food even if you suspect you won't like it. It's a pretty basic children's story that is improved by Willems' charming characters.
Not the best, but worth a look if you're already got a young fan of the series. 3/5 stars
In this volume of the epic Elephant & Piggie saga, Piggie makes some slop (or, as she says, "yummy, yummy slop"). Gerald reacts as most would, taking in the sight and smell of this food and decides it's not necessarily for him. Piggie then tries to get him to try it.
Honestly, this isn't one of the best in the series. My daughter finds it hilarious and it's one that she quotes a lot (every time she eats soup, she wants to pretend it is slop). There's a few visual jokes in it that work pretty well and there's a nice moral about trying new food even if you suspect you won't like it. It's a pretty basic children's story that is improved by Willems' charming characters.
Not the best, but worth a look if you're already got a young fan of the series. 3/5 stars
July 18, 2018
Mo Willems reminds his young readers that it is always nice to try new foods, even if you do not like them. When Piggie arrives with a huge pail of slop, Gerald is extremely disinterested. However, Piggie raves all about a pig's favourite food, slop! Hesitantly, Gerald inches it closer to his mouth, trunk quivering, until he places a pea-sized bit of slop onto his tongue. The reaction is amazing and is sure to thrill the reader. Neo has tried many foods, some he likes and others not up his alley whatsoever. It's important to try and hope for the best!
June 24, 2025
What do you do when your best friend doesn't like the same food that you do? Do you try to force them to like what you like? Do you compromise and realize that it is fine if you like different foods? A funny way to look at how to make everyone happy! Great book - I am now a big fan of Elephant & Piggie!
January 19, 2023
As the saying goes, "Don't yuck somebody's yum!" Gerald learns this lesson from his BFF Piggie, who really likes slop. *Spoiler alert* (It's spicy....Yeah, man, just ask the flies.)
November 8, 2018
Score. Again. Is there ever a question on that? I like this one with the friendship aspect, as well as the don't give an opinion on something until you try it. I've always felt that way--especially with food!
11/5/18-11/7/18 Had outreach visits to school classes. I ended up reading this one to most of the classes because they were younger and needed less time to look for books (or they got too loud and antsy). Can't remember which ones, but the grades I covered were 1, 2, 3, and 5. Pretty sure all of 1 and 2 got two have this, and half of the 3rd. And I feel like at least one 5th grade because I remember the older kids laughing a lot. Huge hit; fabulous!
11/5/18-11/7/18 Had outreach visits to school classes. I ended up reading this one to most of the classes because they were younger and needed less time to look for books (or they got too loud and antsy). Can't remember which ones, but the grades I covered were 1, 2, 3, and 5. Pretty sure all of 1 and 2 got two have this, and half of the 3rd. And I feel like at least one 5th grade because I remember the older kids laughing a lot. Huge hit; fabulous!
September 12, 2024
Always delightful & fun. I can't get enough Elephant & Piggie. This one is a particular favorite of mine.
Favorite Passages:
Eating slop is part of pig culture.
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The flies are how you know it is ripe!
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Do you know how I get that "old shoe" taste?
Favorite Passages:
Eating slop is part of pig culture.
_______
The flies are how you know it is ripe!
_______
Do you know how I get that "old shoe" taste?
December 1, 2015
Let me explain the very specific reason I only give this title three stars:
Elephant and Piggie books are fantastic - it's a great series and I've spent hours pouring over the pages with kids. But I need to put in a caution specifically for my students: in this book, Piggie makes slop, a culturally important pig dish, which apparently smells terrible and really throws Gerald for a loop. A yellow, polka-dotted loop, to be precise.
My Korean ELL students are already so self-conscious about kimchi, having been told that Americans hate it and think it smells terrible (it's not true guys - I am just one of many Americans I know who love the delicious, sour, spicy treat!!!) that I worry about what they will think when they read this. I suspect it will just confirm their worst fears. So for that reason, I am not recommending this title for my students. It may hit too close to home, in a way that doesn't represent the excitement so many people in our community feel to learn about Korean and other cultures.
For other readers? I think there is a good message coming from Gerald: he tries Piggie's slop, doesn't like it, but shows that he still respects that important aspect of Piggie's culture. But for my students? They'll read it and see themselves reflected in the character of a pig and her stinky, unpleasant slop, and that's not a message I can endorse.
On to the next Elephant and Piggie title, which I am sure will earn a welcome place in my classroom.
Elephant and Piggie books are fantastic - it's a great series and I've spent hours pouring over the pages with kids. But I need to put in a caution specifically for my students: in this book, Piggie makes slop, a culturally important pig dish, which apparently smells terrible and really throws Gerald for a loop. A yellow, polka-dotted loop, to be precise.
My Korean ELL students are already so self-conscious about kimchi, having been told that Americans hate it and think it smells terrible (it's not true guys - I am just one of many Americans I know who love the delicious, sour, spicy treat!!!) that I worry about what they will think when they read this. I suspect it will just confirm their worst fears. So for that reason, I am not recommending this title for my students. It may hit too close to home, in a way that doesn't represent the excitement so many people in our community feel to learn about Korean and other cultures.
For other readers? I think there is a good message coming from Gerald: he tries Piggie's slop, doesn't like it, but shows that he still respects that important aspect of Piggie's culture. But for my students? They'll read it and see themselves reflected in the character of a pig and her stinky, unpleasant slop, and that's not a message I can endorse.
On to the next Elephant and Piggie title, which I am sure will earn a welcome place in my classroom.
September 14, 2018
I learned a lot about how strong food can change your coloring in AMAZING ways. :)
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July 2, 2018Little guy likes to quote this book: “don’t push it, bub.”
August 16, 2021
I have read this book many times to my twin boys, and this is one of my twin boys favorite book. I love the pictures in this book, and the message is really good. This book tells kids that you have to do things you really do not want to do for friends sometimes. My boys always laugh when I read this book, and I love a children's book that makes my boys laugh. Great book and always fun to read.
November 9, 2019
Squirt read this book to me! Lots of fun. For kids learning to read, humour is the best motivator. Squirt was enjoying himself! Not to mention, in our house when someone asks what's for supper, I say one of three things - Swill, Gruel, or Slop - so that bit about slop was funnier to us.
July 19, 2025
riveting prose. inventive dialogue. rich imagery. refreshing point of view. i was heavily invested in gerald and piggie’s inter-personal, or should i say inter-animal🤣🤣🤣, conflict. WHEN IS THE SEQUEL I WANT TO SEE IF GERALD AND PIGGIE HOLD HANDS.
March 17, 2017
"The flies are how you know it's ripe." I'm not so sure that Green Eggs and Ham isn't still the best, what with the rhymes that are so fun to say and all, but this shorter story on the theme is a killer, too.
November 2, 2015
I Really Like Mo Willems!
October 27, 2015
I really like Elephant and Piggie!
October 28, 2015
How does Mo Willems do it? He gets it right every time. When I read the last page, I couldn't even read it out loud because I was laughing so hard.
October 24, 2015
Charming, as usual.
November 12, 2015
I really like Elephant & Piggie!
June 2, 2021
Mo Willems is one of my favorite children's authors. I used to read his books to my kids and they loved them. The other day, my ten year old twins went to the library and came home with a stack of books, half of which were Mo Willems books. I asked, "Aren't you too old to read those?" They promptly answered, "Never!" So now I have the whole stack on my desk and am reading through them. Who says you can't learn from your kids? :)
November 19, 2015
We read lots of Elephant and Piggie books in our house, and this is easily the best one in years. Not to give too much of the plot away, but Piggie has made some excellent slop (as a celebration of "pig culture," don't you know) and Elephant Gerald (say it three times fast) is very leery of trying it, and hurts Piggie's feelings in the process.
I do (almost) all the cooking at our house, and I made just a glorious chicken fettuccine Alfredo night before last (boneless Perdue chicken thighs, dusted with Goya adobo powder, cooked on my range-top LeCreuset cast-iron grilling thing, and then cut up and served over fettuccine and served with store-brand Alfredo sauce, and I put lots of ground black pepper on mine). Child B took one look at the white sauce on her plate and said, "disgusting," and WENT IN TIME OUT, because that's what HAPPENS when you say something I cooked is "disgusting," especially when Child B has been known to lick her own feet.
And so I got the book at Barnes & Noble last night, and gleefully bought it, and just as gleefully read it to both Child A (who never tries anything, including french fries HOW CAN YOU NOT TRY FRENCH FRIES) and Child B (who has a more adventurous palate but draws the line at sauces and gravies and suchlike), and took INHUMAN PLEASURE in pointing out how Gerald hurt poor Piggie's feelings for Child B, and how Gerald actually tried the slop to Child A.
Highly recommended.
I do (almost) all the cooking at our house, and I made just a glorious chicken fettuccine Alfredo night before last (boneless Perdue chicken thighs, dusted with Goya adobo powder, cooked on my range-top LeCreuset cast-iron grilling thing, and then cut up and served over fettuccine and served with store-brand Alfredo sauce, and I put lots of ground black pepper on mine). Child B took one look at the white sauce on her plate and said, "disgusting," and WENT IN TIME OUT, because that's what HAPPENS when you say something I cooked is "disgusting," especially when Child B has been known to lick her own feet.
And so I got the book at Barnes & Noble last night, and gleefully bought it, and just as gleefully read it to both Child A (who never tries anything, including french fries HOW CAN YOU NOT TRY FRENCH FRIES) and Child B (who has a more adventurous palate but draws the line at sauces and gravies and suchlike), and took INHUMAN PLEASURE in pointing out how Gerald hurt poor Piggie's feelings for Child B, and how Gerald actually tried the slop to Child A.
Highly recommended.
November 7, 2015
First sentence: La! La! La! Hi, Gerald! Hi, Piggie! Yikes! What is that?! THIS is slop!
Premise/plot: Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Piggie really, really, REALLY loves slop. Gerald, well, let's just say that he thinks it smells HORRIBLE. Absolutely horrible. Can Piggie get Gerald to try slop? Will he survive the experience?
My thoughts: I enjoyed this one very much. I did. One person's idea of "yummy, yummy" food MIGHT just be another person's idea of slop. Though in this instance, it is actually slop. (The flies are a clue. As is the fact that Piggie herself says it has old shoes in it.) If Piggie had been eating broccoli or spinach, Gerald's bravery would have made more sense, and the illustrations would have been even funnier. That being said, I have no complaints about this one. Loved the text. Loved the illustrations. And, of course, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the characters.
Hint: Notice the endpapers!
Premise/plot: Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Piggie really, really, REALLY loves slop. Gerald, well, let's just say that he thinks it smells HORRIBLE. Absolutely horrible. Can Piggie get Gerald to try slop? Will he survive the experience?
My thoughts: I enjoyed this one very much. I did. One person's idea of "yummy, yummy" food MIGHT just be another person's idea of slop. Though in this instance, it is actually slop. (The flies are a clue. As is the fact that Piggie herself says it has old shoes in it.) If Piggie had been eating broccoli or spinach, Gerald's bravery would have made more sense, and the illustrations would have been even funnier. That being said, I have no complaints about this one. Loved the text. Loved the illustrations. And, of course, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the characters.
Hint: Notice the endpapers!
November 13, 2015
In the book I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems, Piggy brings out some of her favorite food to show Gerald. It is slop. The slop is green and it’s gross – it is stinky and flies are flying all around it. Piggy says she really really really likes it, and she asks Gerald the elephant if he wants to try some. She says the flies are how you know it’s ripe! Gerald says, “NO WAY!” But that makes Piggy sad. So Gerald says he will try a little taste. He takes a really teeny tiny taste! And it is so gross! He says he doesn’t like slop! But he is glad that he tried it. Read the full review at my link text
Reviewed by Liesel W.
Reviewed by Liesel W.
November 14, 2015
It’s lunch time, and Piggie has whipped up a batch of her favorite treat – slop. And she wants to share it with her best friend – Gerald. Will he try it? Will he like it if he does?
Yes, this is a variation on Green Eggs and Ham, but the execution is flawless. There are plenty of laughs, both from Gerald’s reaction and some of what Piggie says. Plus, the moral about it being okay if you don’t like something as long as you tried it is perfectly done and a natural part of the book.
Read my full review at Carstairs Considers.
Yes, this is a variation on Green Eggs and Ham, but the execution is flawless. There are plenty of laughs, both from Gerald’s reaction and some of what Piggie says. Plus, the moral about it being okay if you don’t like something as long as you tried it is perfectly done and a natural part of the book.
Read my full review at Carstairs Considers.
March 28, 2018
"I Really Like Slop!" is a story about trying something new (even though you think you'll hate it). How DO you know, if you've never tried it?
My Conclusion: I *REALLY* like "I Really Like Slop"! It's the second book in the series that I've read, and I am looking forward to reading more. Mo Willem is great at balancing comedic effects with the character's respect for each other (which is a perfect match for a story about differing tastes), and the illustrations are hilarious and full of life.
Gerald's Conclusion: " No. I do not really like slop. But, I am glad I tried it. Because I really like you."
D'awwww. <3
My Conclusion: I *REALLY* like "I Really Like Slop"! It's the second book in the series that I've read, and I am looking forward to reading more. Mo Willem is great at balancing comedic effects with the character's respect for each other (which is a perfect match for a story about differing tastes), and the illustrations are hilarious and full of life.
Gerald's Conclusion: " No. I do not really like slop. But, I am glad I tried it. Because I really like you."
D'awwww. <3
August 29, 2016
Although unlike Gerald I have never tried slop, I think it is a safe bet to say I don't like it either. But I really loved this book! :) Mo Willems has hit another home run. While our friends might like their own unique foods (like Piggie's love of slop) we don't have to love their food, to love them. Gerald tries Piggie's favorite food, because while he thinks slop looks and smells horrendous (flies!!!), he loves Piggie and tries it for his sake. Another great Elephant and Piggie book about the power of friendship.
Reviewed by Lisa Coleman, Youth Services, Vernon Area Public Library
Reviewed by Lisa Coleman, Youth Services, Vernon Area Public Library
January 4, 2016
Silly and fun, as are all of the Elephant and Piggie books. This one didn't have the same amount of repetition in regards to wording, but I'm sure the kids will have gigglefits during Gerald's reaction to the delicious slop (it appears very Looney-Tunes in nature). Don't think I'll read this for story time, as it's a bit hard to act out and I wouldn't want to fall off my chair..
March 22, 2016
I love this one because it's Piggie's turn to be a little bit clueless--she doesn't quite get why someone who is not a pig wouldn't love slop. I also loved all the colors Gerald turned after he tried it. For someone who has food issues (phobias are the best way to describe it) that's usually how I feel before I try something new/gross/stinky/delicious!
December 31, 2018
Who doesn't?
A pig is really excited about the slop hes made and offers it to his friend. He is hesitant and critical but does try it. What happens from there?
This is a simple yet effective little tale about the lesson of trying something new because, hey, a friend made it so it may be worth trying. Just don't push it, Bub...
A pig is really excited about the slop hes made and offers it to his friend. He is hesitant and critical but does try it. What happens from there?
This is a simple yet effective little tale about the lesson of trying something new because, hey, a friend made it so it may be worth trying. Just don't push it, Bub...
May 22, 2018
This was a funny book. We have read several Piggie and Elephant books and they are all funny.
The kids thought the disgusting slop food was very funny.
I think I prefer some of the other books to this one (like "Today I will Fly" and "We are in a Book").
The kids thought the disgusting slop food was very funny.
I think I prefer some of the other books to this one (like "Today I will Fly" and "We are in a Book").
October 3, 2015
What more can I say ~ I REALLY liked This Book!
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