What do you think?
Rate this book
Elephant & Piggie #4, 7, 9, 15, 23
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 3
From award-winning, best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems comes a bind-up of five Elephant & Piggie adventures to help foster early readers' problem-solving skills. Titles There is a Bird on Your Head! ; Are You Ready to Play Outside? ; Elephants Cannot Dance! ; Should I Share My Ice Cream? ; and I Will Take a Nap!
320 pages, Hardcover
Published September 22, 2020
7 people are currently reading
154 people want to read
About the author
Mo Willems
231 books4,122 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.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 19 of 19 reviews
August 4, 2021
Favorite!
July 23, 2023
Gerald 🐘 has acquired a much desired ice cream cone in the most luscious of flavors and can't wait to devour it! But he quickly thinks of his best friend Piggie 🐷 and how much she would enjoy it too. Gerald has a melt down over the dilemma of sharing his favorite treat.
Like I said before, my son LOVES Piggie and Elephant books. A friend introduced them to us, saying they interested her daughter enough to start independent reading, so we tried them out and they also caught my son's interest. I don't push sight words but he has learned some on his own from repeatedly reading these stories with me, and knows them well enough to read on his own. They have easy-to-follow dialogue bubbles and simple yet hilarious storylines.
This collection contains 5 stories. They provide a nice variety and are much cheaper than purchasing them separately.
Find us on Instagram @3BittyBookworms
Like I said before, my son LOVES Piggie and Elephant books. A friend introduced them to us, saying they interested her daughter enough to start independent reading, so we tried them out and they also caught my son's interest. I don't push sight words but he has learned some on his own from repeatedly reading these stories with me, and knows them well enough to read on his own. They have easy-to-follow dialogue bubbles and simple yet hilarious storylines.
This collection contains 5 stories. They provide a nice variety and are much cheaper than purchasing them separately.
Find us on Instagram @3BittyBookworms
August 16, 2022
This title includes five of the Elephant and Piggie adventures. The titles included are There is a Bird on Your Head!, Are You Ready to Play Outside?, Elephants Cannot Dance!, Should I Share My Ice Cream?, and I Will Take a Nap!. Each book is included in its original format with a introductory spread by either Elephant or Piggy to ease into the story. This book is for all of the Mo Willems lovers, especially lovers of Elephant and Piggie. The book is a little heavy and thick for storytimes but would be a loved volume for fans. It would be a highly recommended purchase for libraries that are full of Mo Willems fans.
March 4, 2024
There’s a part in the book where Elephant (Gerald) is getting frustrated by birds nesting on his head and Piggie helps him by suggesting he suggesting he ask the birds to get off of him & I think it helps encourage children to express themselves when they’re getting frustrated by setting a boundary and using their words!!
August 24, 2023
A is quite in love with the funny Elephant and Piggie stories, and once you've read them to her once or twice, she can sit down and tell herself the plotline. It's also great for practicing sight words! She especially loved the bird on the head story; it's just clever and cute.
December 31, 2024
Absolutely love it. I watch the read Aloud versions on youtube with my son. And I finally got the hard cover for all 5 volumes and they are just soo much fun and full of laughter if you read them in a character voice.
January 11, 2021
One of my all time fave children's series still provides comic relief!
January 20, 2021
Loved all of these stories. Cute with great messages!
March 6, 2021
Can't go wrong with Piggie and Gerald!
December 12, 2021
I whose read all of the piggie🐷 and Gerald🐘 book's.📚📖 All the book's are amazing👍 for all ages.💐🌸🌺
Currently reading
January 20, 2022Early Reader W699b v.3
March 8, 2022
It is cool and funny
And I love it
And I love it
July 2, 2022
So much fun with Gerald and Piggie! Includes favorites "There Is A Bird On My Head" and "Are You Ready To Play Outside?"
February 20, 2023
Very good book
March 20, 2024
Elephant & Piggie are a favorite at our house!
August 9, 2024
Great job Mo! Finally an ice cream story! Great volume. Kids entertained as usual!
Want to read
October 14, 2024O
September 1, 2025
My son loved it!
February 27, 2025
I have a vivid memory of reading an Elephant and Piggie book in Barnes and Noble at around the age of seven. I laughed so loud I was actually shushed, like in the cartoons. My ten-year-old kid brother adores these books. All five "Biggies" are stacked on top of each other near his bed. The pages are a little bent in some places from the excessive turning.
These books, like their Pigeon predecessors, are clean, wholesome, funny, and just plain adorable. I'm glad we have such an excellent author/illustrator in the business of children's picture books, because there is some weird stuff out there, let me tell you.
Honestly, I read Stephen King and still enjoy these things. Gerald and Piggie are such sweet friends.
My kid brother knows the books in the first and second "Biggies" by heart, and is currently memorizing this one and the others.
Thank you, Mr. Willems.
These books, like their Pigeon predecessors, are clean, wholesome, funny, and just plain adorable. I'm glad we have such an excellent author/illustrator in the business of children's picture books, because there is some weird stuff out there, let me tell you.
Honestly, I read Stephen King and still enjoy these things. Gerald and Piggie are such sweet friends.
My kid brother knows the books in the first and second "Biggies" by heart, and is currently memorizing this one and the others.
Thank you, Mr. Willems.
Displaying 1 - 19 of 19 reviews