Elephants Cannot Dance!-an Elephant and Piggie Book

Name: Elephants Cannot Dance!-an Elephant and Piggie Book
ISBN: 9781423114109

Mo Willems

Disney Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 9, 2009

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Who it’s for: A careful elephant and an ever-smiling pig make friendship feel funny, warm, and gently surprising.
Themes: Friendship, Learning from each other
Genres: Elephant Stories, Pig Stories, Funny Stories

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About this book

Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends 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 Elephants Cannot Dance! Piggie tries to teach Gerald some new moves. But will Gerald teach Piggie something even more important?

Read all of Elephant Gerald and Piggie’s adventures! · Today I Will Fly! · My Friend is Sad · I Am Invited to a Party! · There is a Bird on Your Head! · I Love My New Toy! · I Will Surprise My Friend! · Are You Ready to Play Outside? · Watch Me Throw the Ball! · Elephants Cannot Dance! · Pigs Make Me Sneeze! · I Am Going! · Can I Play Too? · We Are in a Book! · I Broke My Trunk! · Should I Share My Ice Cream? · Let’s Go for a Drive! · Happy Pig Day! · Listen to My Trumpet! · A Big Guy Took My Ball! · I’m a Frog! · My New Friend is So Fun! · Waiting is Not Easy! · I Will Take a Nap! · I Really Like Slop! · The Thank You Book

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A careful elephant and an ever-smiling pig make friendship feel funny, warm, and gently surprising.

Come here for

Best friends with very different instincts
A playful dance lesson and a friendship twist

Expect

Gentle humor in Gerald and Piggie’s contrasting personalities
A lighthearted story about what friends can teach each other

Where it sits

Pig Stories	59%
Funny Stories	57%
Elephant Stories	52%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Elephant Stories
Pig Stories
Funny Stories

Authors: Mo Willems
Publisher: Disney Publishing Group
Published: June 9, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Friendship · Learning from each other
Reading lane: Elephant Stories