A Big Guy Took My Ball ! (Elephant & Piggie Hb)

Author: Mo Willems

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  • : 24.99 AUD
  • : 9781423174912
  • : Hyperion Books for Children
  • : Hyperion Books for Children
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  • : February 2013
  • : 236mm X 175mm X 13mm
  • : United States
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  • : Mo Willems
  • : Hardback
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Barcode 9781423174912
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Description

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 "A Big Guy Took My Ball! "Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball! Gerald is big, too...but is he big enough to help his best friend?

Awards

Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Up to Seven) 2014 and Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) 2014 and Cybils (Easy Readers) 2013.

Reviews

When a big guy takes a ball Piggie found, she appeals to her much bigger friend Gerald for redress. Normally timid Gerald, stung by the injustice, is happy to mount up and ride to the rescue, but he gets more than he bargained for when the big guy turns out to be a whale, literally, who dwarfs the quickly unemboldened Gerald.


Fortunately, Gerald and Piggie pool their creative talents to make room for everyone, and harmony is restored.


Willems has once again found the sweet spot where humor and situational familiarity meet cognitive capacity; here he introduces perspective through a very familiar playground experience. Introducing comparatives through illustration, font size, and the introduction of the er word ending, he carves out both physical and moral space in the negotiation of the way size matters.


The ball and Gerald are big to Piggie, but not to the ball's owner; being big seems to hold all the advantages to our heroes, while being small has more allure for the lonely whale. The ability to see through the eyes of someone who thinks differently than you is an essential developmental leap that's crucial for empathy, and Willems takes it even one step further in creating a game that requires the advantages of both big guys and small guys for its success.


The pictures will keep 'em laughing, and the concepts will keep 'em learning, so we say, please, Mr. Willems, keep 'em coming.


KC BCCB"