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Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) |  | Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 3781
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 64
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1423114116
EAN: 9781423114116
ASIN: 1423114116
Publication Date: October 6, 2009
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Product Description
Mo Willems' award-winning Elephant and Piggie series continues to charm readers. Featuring two lovable and funny characters -- an optimistic (and sometimes reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant -- these books make reading irresistible to the beginning readers. Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the plunge with these books to start reading on their own.
Each book has been vetted by an early learning specialist (and many adorable early learners).
In Pigs Make Me Sneeze!, Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?
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 Perhaps one of the best for read-alouds October 20, 2009
Emily Taylor (Northern Utah)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a teacher, I adore these books. They are hilarious early readers that manage the magic combination of easy decodable and sight words along with lovable characters and funny plots. Each book makes me laugh and shake my head in wonder of where Mo Willems gets these psychotic ideas.
This one, while not my absolute favorite, deserves particular acclaim for a wide range of emotion that works well for a read-aloud (the fact is that Gerald naturally gets the best voice, I can't explain it).
 You know, most first readers are ridiculously boring. October 15, 2009
Ulyyf (NYC)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Think Dick and Jane. Or, nowadays, think Dick and Jane with rhyming to make phonics. They have boring little stories that clearly repeat a lot of words for the sake of repeating them. I mean, they try, they really do, but there's only so much most authors can do with a list of 300 words, most of them short. These books are HARD to write.
Consequently, when your kid or student has outgrown a particular early reader, they're done with it. These books aren't REAL literature, after all. And real books are what kids REALLY want to read. We keep telling them to slog through the boring early readers and hope they take pride in the reading itself, but they WANT to read a good story.
Enter Elephant and Piggie. I don't know HOW Mo Willems does it, but with a few words and some simple drawings he's able to make these amazingly funny stories. I'm 26 years old, and *I* look forward to a new Elephant and Piggie book! These books last. You can use them as early readers. You can read them to younger children. Your early reader will read them again and again - which is great, because reading a text a second or third (or tenth) time is essential for building literacy skills. Plus, the text consists entirely of dialog. Hysterical dialog. So when you read - even as an early reader! - you have to ham it up. A lot. (The pictures help tell you the mood.) With any luck, this will help prevent kids from developing that monotonous drone so many of them have when they read aloud. YOU know the one, the one that can turn even the most exciting fight scene into a dirge? Dirges at least have melody.... And the pictures are just right too - first, they're super funny (Gerald's face when he decides he can't be near his best friend is classic) and second they provide enough clues to help the slower reader without telling the whole story. Your kid HAS to read the words to know what's going on, unlike in many books where they can look at the pictures and start guessing.
I can't praise these books highly enough. BUY THEM. Buy them for you. Buy them for your local school. Buy them for your kid.
The only problem I have with them is that they aren't available in paperback. Bummer. But they're pretty inexpensive for hardcover.
As for this particular book, it's not quite as funny as the others, but they set a pretty high bar. Best scene? Either the one where Gerald explains to Doctor Cat that "Pigs make me sneeze. And PIGGIE is a pig!" or the one where Piggie puts on a helmet in preparation for Gerald's next sneeze, but then Gerald gives this teeny tiny little -choo at the end of it.
Edit: A few days ago I was in our library pulling out a bunch of Elephant and Piggie books for somebody to read. (I don't work there, but you can't go wrong recommending Mo Willems to people!) Bumped into the teenaged page and mentioned, in passing, that I'd gotten a copy of this book for the little niece's birthday. She replied "OMG I LOVE THAT BOOK!"
Very surprised, I mentioned that I didn't know the library had the book yet, it must be checked out. And she's mumbling a little, and I'm nattering on, and I realized - "Or... uh... you bought a copy for yourself?" She bought a copy for herself. I don't blame her. I'd do the same if I didn't have nieces to buy them for!
Yes, these books are JUST THAT AWESOME.
Will This Be the End of Piggie and Gerald's Friendship? (Yikes!) October 14, 2009
Pam Tee
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Pigs Make Me Sneeze!" is a cute book that certainly had the little ones worrying at first. You see as the book opens Piggie is cartwheeling up to Gerald, as happy as can be. Gerald is delighted, as usual, to see his friend. But then it begins. Gerald begins sneezing and sneezing. In fact, his giant elephant sneezes blow Piggie all around. But he just can't stop. Which is when he frighteningly concludes that he just might be allergic to pigs.
The drama is heightened when Gerald leaps to the conclusion that this sneezing could be the end of their friendship. To find out if that is the case, he visits a new character, Dr. Cat. Dr. Cat is examining him when the sneezing begins again. And guess what? Gerald concludes he's allergic to cats as well.
Is this the end of Piggie and Gerald's friendship? Will Gerald have to find a new doctor? Well... you'll have to read and find out.
Talking Points:::
Written at the first grade level --AR generic "1"-- "Pigs Make Me Sneeze!" is a cute story in the Elephant and Piggie Series.
Though not our favorite, it's well worth tracking down and reading. The artwork is typical Mo-- which is to say wonderful. And I really like the message that you coincidence does not mean causality.
It's a good Read-Aloud.
Pam T~
mom and reviewer at BooksForKids-reviews
Mo Willems never disappoints October 14, 2009
Jennifer Powers (Dallas, TX USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think what amazes me most about the Elephant and Piggie books is how hysterical they are while also being excellent first readers for young children. My students cannot get enough of these books.
It just makes me smile October 6, 2009
Douglas A. Wade (San Leandro, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're already familiar with the series pretty much all you need to know is that it's as good as ever. Not to worry, Mo Willems hasn't let us down.
For the rest - the Elephant and Piggie books are designed for young readers but they're fun to read to an even younger kid too. They're funny, with sparse but nice illustrations. The author plays with language in a way that's very enjoyable to read and presumably also educational. Good stuff. Unless you're specifically looking for a reader you might want to start with the books aimed at younger audiences - Knuffle Bunny especially, but these are quite enjoyable.
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