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September 12, 2016 | 57 Comments

Elephant & Piggie Like Reading – New Books, Activities, and A Chance To Win!

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My love of Elephant & Piggie is no secret, and I have teamed up with Disney-Hyperion Books to share what Elephant & Piggie are up to now that they aren’t starring in any new books. I could not be more excited about what these super funny friends are up to. Since retiring from their main character job now they are helping other authors and illustrators who have a similar style with a new series. Best friends Elephant and Piggie introduce kids to their favorite books. Each 64-page beginning reader delivers super fun reading experience that speaks to kids”™ interests and abilities through stories that are fun and funny. The dialogue-driven format, just like the Elephant & Piggie series promotes participatory storytelling style that fans love. Plus, each book contains all-new Elephant & Piggie story bumpers!

Here are the first two books – I got to get a sneak peak and shared it on Instagram – I couldn’t wait to tell everyone how much we loved these books!

A photo posted by Miss Allie (@my_preschool_library) on Aug 24, 2016 at 10:31am PDT

 

WE ARE GROWING By Laurie Keller

In Stores September 20th

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 This book is a hilarious up-close look at some blades of grass eager to grow; only there is a mower coming! Walt and his friends are growing up fast! Everyone is the something-est. But . . . What about Walt? He is not the tallest, or the curliest, or the silliest. He is not the anything-est! As a BIG surprise inches closer, Walt discovers something special of his own. 

 

COOKIE FIASCO By Dan Santat

In Stores September 20th

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Hippo, Croc, and the Squirrels are determined to have equal cookies for all! But how? There are only three cookies . . . And four of them. . . What’s more, they need to act fast before nervous Hippo breaks all the cookies into crumbs! I love the math in this book. After reading in my 1st grader asked; “Can we get some cookies to break like that?” All in the name of a good math activity of course we did.

Activity

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Since Elephant & Piggie are recommending these books, I thought that this would be the perfect time to introduce simple book recommendations for our home library. I made a FREE printable template if you want to use it, or you can create your own. It is simple and works well with children who can write independently or not. If your child isn’t writing yet have them dictate the first part, and draw a picture without aid. Do not forget to rate the book too!

Download Free Printable PDF Here.

Sweepstakes

These are the goodies I got, and you have a chance to win!

The prize pack will include: Copies of We Are Growing and Cookie Fiasco, Branded cookies and branded pins and Elephant & Piggie finger puppets.

A photo posted by Allison McDonald (@allienoflashcards) on Aug 24, 2016 at 10:15am PDT

 

To enter all you have to do is tell me what was the last book you read with a child, your own or one you were caring for or teaching. That’s it!

Official Rules
This sweepstakes is open to American residents 18 years or older. To be eligible for the sweepstakes you must leave a comment on this post answering what was the last book you read with a child. One winning commenter will be drawn at random, using Random.org, after the sweepstakes close on Sunday, September 19th at 8:00 pm PST. The winner will receive the prize pack listed , valued at approximately $35. After the winner is notified he or she has 72 hours to respond with their mailing address,or another winner will be chosen at random. No purchase necessary.The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Any information gathered through the sweepstakes including email, and postal addresses will not be used in any way other than contacting winners and shipment of winnings. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

As stated above I partnered with Disney-Hyperion for this sponsored post.

You can find Disney-Hyperion and the authors here:

Visit PigeonPresents.com

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57 Comments

  1. Patty says

    September 12, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Winnie the Pooh!

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    • Jenny Han says

      September 12, 2016 at 5:06 pm

      The last book I read to my kids was the book tonight – Magic Tree House series. We read a couple of chapters every night and started with book 1. They love it. We love the history.

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      • Barbara says

        September 15, 2016 at 11:53 am

        Just this morning we were reading The Scrambled States of America which is also by Laurie Keller.

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  2. Krista Landenwich says

    September 12, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    last book I read last night to my 3 year old – “The Duckling Gets A Cookie?!” Mo Willems.

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  3. Sarah says

    September 12, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    AAAAHHHH!!! We love Piggie & Gerald! The last book we actually read to our kids was a Piggie & Gerald book! (Sorry, that’s a lot of exclamation points, but this is exciting) We read “I Really Like Slop” last. Complete with many gutteral and ‘I’m gonna be sick’ noises.

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  4. Ellen says

    September 12, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    We read Oh David by David Shannon.

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  5. Kathy Teague says

    September 12, 2016 at 1:41 pm

    I actually work with 3 year olds and I just read The Teeny Tiny Woman to them. It was a request from the book shelf and they loved it…caught and kept their attention for sure!

    These books look great.

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  6. Kate M. says

    September 12, 2016 at 1:41 pm

    Hooray for Gerald and Piggie staying active in retirement 🙂
    The last book I read with my son was Winnie-the-Pooh’s Halloween.

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  7. Elisabeth says

    September 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm

    The last book we read was Inside Your Outside! From the Cat in the Hat Learning Library by Tish Rabe. Love the blog btw!

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  8. katherine says

    September 12, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    We just read the Berenstain Bears Catch the Bus 🙂

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  9. Amber says

    September 12, 2016 at 2:11 pm

    I just read “Make Van Gogh’s Bed” to my nanny kid. I love Piggie and Elephant though!

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  10. Anouk says

    September 12, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    The last book I read was “My First Soccer Game” and a bunch of books on basketball and backhoes. Yup, reading to my 2 year old son!

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  11. Allison says

    September 12, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    We just read Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

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  12. Cyndy M. says

    September 12, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    My son loves Dear Zoo so we just read that.
    He also read, What would you Rather be? with his dad this afternoon.

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  13. Allison Mize says

    September 12, 2016 at 3:33 pm

    Our tree named steve with my daughter and not a box with my small learning groups.

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  14. Megan says

    September 12, 2016 at 4:12 pm

    We read Ada Twist Scientist!

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  15. Ashley says

    September 12, 2016 at 4:12 pm

    My oldest and I are currently reading Billie B Mystery series books by Sally Rippin we love them and my youngest and I are going to be reading Cordelia shortly!

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  16. Leslie says

    September 12, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    A Pocket for Corduroy!

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  17. Desirae F says

    September 12, 2016 at 4:37 pm

    We just finished up our weekly Magic Tree House book and also read Peace is an Offering this afternoon.

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  18. April says

    September 12, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    How to bake an Apple Pie and See the world, were so excited for Fall to start!

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  19. Hope says

    September 12, 2016 at 7:28 pm

    Just finished The Princess in Black! Thanks for the recommendation from your “Book Series for 5 and 6 Year Olds” post. We’ve already requested the next one from the library.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      September 13, 2016 at 10:27 am

      You are so welcome – that is an absolute fave in our house!

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  20. Miranda says

    September 12, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    When I grow up by Mercer Meyer.

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  21. Sarah Robinson says

    September 12, 2016 at 7:35 pm

    We’re going on a bear hunt. The kids have it memorized.

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  22. Kendal Barriere says

    September 12, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    I’ve been listening to my son read Ricky Riccotta books. And I’m also listening to my husband read out loud to the kids The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

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  23. Denise says

    September 12, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    This is a Moose by Richard T Morris. My boys love silly participatory books!

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  24. Pam says

    September 13, 2016 at 5:11 am

    Arthur’s happy Birthday, my 4 year olds pick for her bedtime story last night! We have read the entire elephant and Piggie series and LoVE them so much.

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  25. Leah says

    September 13, 2016 at 6:44 am

    My son isn’t huge into reading books by himself, all though he can, but Piggie & Gerald are the books I know I can always get him to read – he loves them, and so does the rest of the family :o) Last night I read The Sleepy Little Alphabet and a Peg & Cat book to my daughter. All of my kids enjoy our pre-bedtime reading from mom and dad!

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  26. KT says

    September 13, 2016 at 8:37 am

    Caps for Sale. My son is super in love with that book right now and wants to be a hat seller when he grows up.

    I am still so sad that Gerald and Piggie are retiring. I hope the new books will help ease the pain 🙂

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  27. Heather says

    September 13, 2016 at 8:59 am

    Last night I read the kids Larry gets lost in Philadelphia (John Skewes – we love this series, although not as much as Gerald & Piggie!!) and then my 1st grader read us Tomie dePaola’s Charlie Needs a Cloak.

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  28. Josie says

    September 13, 2016 at 9:24 am

    We love Elephant and Piggie so much in our house! I have convinced my librarian to order a bunch of them. The last book I read with my daughter was, The Wonderful Book, by Leonid Gore.

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  29. Lyanna says

    September 13, 2016 at 10:11 am

    Funny enough last night we read Elephant & Piggie Can I Play Too? and I Broke My Trunk.

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  30. Darlene says

    September 13, 2016 at 10:33 am

    The last book I read was “Are You my Mother?

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  31. Natalie says

    September 13, 2016 at 10:43 am

    The last book I read to our boys today was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 🙂

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  32. Tac says

    September 13, 2016 at 10:48 am

    We read Sheep in a Jeep and Jamberry.

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  33. Miss Julie says

    September 13, 2016 at 10:52 am

    I’m a librarian and just hosted a toddler/preschool dance party where I read (sang) the book, If You’re a Robot and You Know It by David Carter. It’s so much fun.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      September 13, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      Oh I need to grab it!

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  34. Janice H says

    September 13, 2016 at 10:59 am

    The third Princess in Black! Thanks so much for that recommendation! My kindergartener is loving it. She read it out loud to me at bedtime last night. She reads it herself so I love that while the level is perfect for her, so is the content! That’s hard to find in her reading level since that is generally geared to older kids. And thanks for this review. We love E&P and I was really curious about these new books but hesitant to preorder with no reviews or pictures for ideas of their style that I could find with searches.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      September 13, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      Both of these books are really funny, the one about the grass “We are Growing” is about how people, and blades of grass label themselves and seek out what makes them special and how that can all change. The Cookie Fiasco is really funny, and all about math. The cookies get broken over and over until they can be split evenly among the group. My just turned 6 year old loved them both!

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  35. Jennifer O'Connor says

    September 13, 2016 at 12:34 pm

    Go Away Big Green Monster

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  36. Lacey says

    September 13, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    Winnie the Pooh

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  37. Jennifer says

    September 13, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    Red Light, Green Light by Anastasia Suen!

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  38. Tiffany Carroll says

    September 13, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    I just finished reading my 1.5 year old’s favorite book, Freight Train, before bedtime.

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  39. Donna says

    September 13, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    Great give-away-for back to school! Thanks so much. Both books look amazing. Today I read Pete The Cat-I Love My White Shoes, to my class! Good luck to all♥! Happy reading and happy new school year everyone…We LOVE new books!

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  40. Kristi Murawski says

    September 14, 2016 at 4:40 am

    Last night we read Barnabas Helps a Friend and Piggy & Elephant, Can I Play Too? and A Big Guy Took My Ball. We are big readers at bedtime and Piggy & Elephant are some of our favorites.

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  41. Jaclyn Reynolds says

    September 14, 2016 at 5:00 am

    The last book we read was one of the Pookie books by Sandra Boynton!

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  42. Sally says

    September 14, 2016 at 10:32 am

    The last book I read to my Granddaughter was “Danny, the Duck with no Quack” by Malachy Doyle and Janet Samuel

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  43. Stephanie Nelson says

    September 15, 2016 at 6:23 am

    The last book I read to our class was Jake’s first day of school. We love elephant and piggie books!

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  44. Natalie says

    September 16, 2016 at 10:52 am

    I read Please Say Please! by Kyle T. Webster to my 4 year old. It is her new favorite book!

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  45. Tammie says

    September 17, 2016 at 5:48 am

    The last book my son and I read together was “Am I small? Io sono piccola?”, by Philipp Winterberg, illustrated by Nadja Wichmann.

    It’s a great book and I get to teach my son some Italian as well.

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  46. Lauren says

    September 17, 2016 at 8:09 am

    We are read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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  47. Robin C says

    September 17, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    The last book I read with my boys was called Make New Friends. My oldest recently started Pre-school and I wanted to encourage him by showing him how easy it can be to make friends!

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  48. Megan says

    September 17, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    I last read, The Dot by Peter Reynolds for International dot day last week!!

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  49. Gale says

    September 19, 2016 at 7:40 am

    The last book I read to my child was “Mossy” by Jan Brett. He’s a big fan of Piggie and Elephant too.

    By the way, want to bring a chuckle to your day? There’s this thing where you add “With a Chainsaw” to the title of whatever book you just read…try it on this list. It’s hilarious.

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  50. Amy Mc says

    September 19, 2016 at 4:01 pm

    Llama Llama Misses Mama

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  51. Lissa Crane says

    September 21, 2016 at 11:01 am

    The last book I read with my daughter was The Color of His Own by Leo Lionni. It is such a beautiful story! It’s one of those books you can read over and over and never get tired of! Love it!

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  52. Kristina says

    September 24, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    The last book we finished last night was The Wizard of Oz. She is enthralled with that book right now.

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