The classic Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems always has kids in giggles, and are awesome for budding readers to practise high frequency words. A top favorite for gifts, or birthday goodie bags!
I give these books full credit for teaching my kids how to read words like 在，能，要，会 that got my kids stumped in 四五快读 as they are less concrete. The kids would request me to read a whole load at a time as they really enjoy these books.
Set includes:
- 今天我要飞！
- 我的朋友不开心
- 第一次参加派对！
- 你头上有只鸟！
- 吓你一跳！
- 看我来扔球！
- 大象不会跳舞！
- 我要走了！
- 我能一起玩吗?
- 我们在一本书里！
- 要不要分享冰激凌？
- 听我吹小号！
- 开车去兜风！
- 大个子抢了我的球！
- 我是一只青蛙！
- 新朋友真有趣！
- 等待真不容易！
Over the months since we've got this set, the kids have been requesting to re-read them many times! Different characters have different colored speech bubbles in the book, so it's really fun for group readaloud. We take different characters each round, and switch around the next time we read it again together.
I appreciate that the text is large and really readable, giving budding readers a lot of confidence. I really love the typography in this set - you can literally see the character's emotion in the printed text! When the text is small, we know to whisper, and when the text is bold and in big font, the kids scream their lungs out!
The only bad time to read this is when the baby is sleeping, the elder two can get pretty carried away in their dramatization and laughter.
Recommended for ages 4-8
Format: Softcover
Number of books in set: 17
Do check out the other set by Mo Willems - 淘气小鸽子 The Pigeon (Set of 6)!
Just to share an awesome teaching guide for Mo Willems's Elephant & Piggie Books that I found online on Disney Books! The guide is in English but it has plenty of ideas that can be adapted for our extended learning after reading this set of books in Mandarin.
Acclaim for the Elephant & Piggie Series:
✰ “[A]ll the snappy pacing and wry humor readers have come to expect of the Geisel Medal–winning series, with a valuable lesson in friendship and flexibility tucked inside.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
✰ “These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse easy-reader and picture-book audiences, alike.” — School Library Journal (starred review)
✰ “Accessible, appealing, and full of authentic emotions about what makes friendships tick, these titles will put a contemporary shine on easy reader collections” — Booklist (starred review)
✰ “The masterful combination of early-reader convention and sly wit make this pair of pals one to celebrate.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)