2008 GEISEL AWARD

Meet Elephant Gerald and Piggie:

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 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?

Download the Elephant & Piggie Event Kit! (PDF)

For more fun with Mo Willems’ characters go to www.pigeonpresents.com.

Mo Willems is the author of groundbreaking picture books, including Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Caldecott Honor winner 2004); Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Time to Say “Please”!; Leonardo, the Terrible Monster; and Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct. He is also the author of the Elephant & Piggie Books, an early reader series. Mo began his career on Sesame Street, where he garnered six Emmy Awards for his writing. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.