Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts. Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let' s Go for a Drive! and A Big Guy Took My Ball!). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. Here, Piggie insists on keeping his surprise and teaches Elephant a lesson about waiting in the process. Review Quotes PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT PIGGIE SERIES*Accessible, appealing, and full of authetic emotions about what makes friendships tick, these titles will put a contemporary shine on easy reader collections.- Booklist (starred review)*These books will easily take their place alongside Seuss and Eastman as classics in the beginning-reader genre.- The Bulletin (starred review)*These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse early-reader and picture-book audiences, alike.- School Library Journal (starred review)Ībout The Author Mo Willems (a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Elephant and Piggie Book: Waiting Is Not Easy (Hardcover) (4.8) 27 reviews 8. Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems An Elephant & Piggie Read Aloud Storytime Read Alouds 10.7K subscribers Subscribe 1.6K 307K views 1 year ago 'Waiting Is Not Easy' an Elephant &. Piggie and Elephant are good, caring friends in all their stories. In Waiting Is Not Easy!, Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Waiting Is Not Easy by Mo Willems. Series: Elephant & Piggie Format: Paperback Book 5. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. About the Book Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.īook Synopsis Gerald is careful.

Elephant and piggie waiting is not easy