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By (author) Willems Mo

Short /annotation:
One of a series of delightfully humorous award-winning tales for beginner readers from an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator.

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One of a series of delightfully humorous award-winning tales for beginner readers from an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator.

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 Will Surprise My Friend!, Gerald and Piggie want to play a game and surprise each other, but the best surprise is the one they least expect.

Review quote:
“* “In the world of children”s books, the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the ”00s is the writer-illustrator Mo Willems.” (The New York Times Book Review)”

Biographical note:
Mo Willems is the author of the Caldecott Honor winning books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny and Knuffle Bunny Too. An acclaimed animator and television script-writer, he has won six Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, and is also the creator of Sheep in the Big City. Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts.