Book Review: There is a Bird on Your Head!
It’s an unlikely premise: a pink pig (she’s slightly reckless and sentimental), a bluish elephant (who is cautious and just a little nervous), white backgrounds and minimal text (in thought bubbles). But it more than works. All of the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems are laugh-out-loud funny (there are currently 11 in the series) and a joy to read. However, There is a Bird on Your Head! is my family’s favorite.
Piggie and Gerald the elephant are peacefully hanging out when a bird lands on Gerald’s head. Soon, a second bird shows up, then a nest and three eggs. Piggie is delighted. Gerald is less than thrilled. For those of you who haven’t read the book, I won’t spoil the end. But the expressions on Gerald and Piggie’s faces are, as my daughter says, very silly (I would say full of emotion and very very funny). With a simple line or two, Willems manages to convey love, frustration, joy, fear, disgust and more.
Get thee to the library or a bookstore and check out these books.
Ages: 2+ (publisher says 4+, but younger children will appreciate them, as will emergent readers)
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