Listen to My Trumpet!-an Elephant and Piggie Book

Name: Listen to My Trumpet!-an Elephant and Piggie Book
ISBN: 9781423154044

Mo Willems

Disney Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 7, 2012

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Who it’s for: A careful elephant and a beaming pig bring friendship and comic tension to a trumpet performance.
Themes: Friendship, Listening to a friend's reaction, Playing a musical instrument
Genres: Friendship, Elephant Stories, Pig 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 Listen to My Trumpet! Piggie can’t wait to play her new instrument for Gerald! But is she ready to listen to his reaction?

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

Best-Friend Timing

A careful elephant and a beaming pig bring friendship and comic tension to a trumpet performance.

Come here for

The contrast between Gerald’s caution and Piggie’s enthusiasm
A small musical moment with room for a big reaction

Expect

Warm, lively interplay between best friends
Humor built around playing—and listening

Where it sits

Pig Stories	61%
Elephant Stories	43%
Friendship	31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Elephant Stories
Pig Stories
Friendship

Authors: Mo Willems
Publisher: Disney Publishing Group
Published: February 7, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Friendship · Listening to a friend's reaction · Playing a musical instrument
Reading lane: Elephant Stories