Waiting Is Not Easy! (An Elephant And Piggie Book) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
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 Waiting Is Not Easy!, Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. And Wait. And wait some more...
Series: An Elephant and Piggie Book
Hardcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion; F First Edition edition (November 4, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 142319957X
ISBN-13: 978-1423199571
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (410 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Pigs #1 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Elephants #3 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > Values
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: 1 - 3
It certainly is not easy to wait! My girls and I have been waiting for this book since we pre-ordered it in April!For those of you who might be unfamiliar with this series, Elephant and Piggie is a series of easy readers featuring a neurotic elephant and his friend Piggie, who is a nice foil for Gerald. The books are very silly; there is usually a misunderstanding, and quite a bit of comic relief. The text is simple, and the character speak via voice bubbles, using simple language like,"I have a surprise for you!""Yay! What is it?""The surprise is a surprise!""Oh."The illustrations enhance the simple text. Elephant and Piggie are put up against a white background. This allows emphasis to be placed on facial expressions and body language. This is a wonderful tool for helping children understand how a character is feeling.Waiting Is Not Easy is a wonderful entry in the franchise. The snippet of text I shared is from the beginning of the book. Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, and he is very excited. The only problem is that Gerald literally can't deal with waiting, and he gets more and more anxious about the surprise. He groans audibly, and his groan voice bubble even knocks Piggie over. She remains patient with him, and the payoff when the surprise is revealed proves to be worth the wait.My three girls (7,5,5) loved this story. They giggled at Gerald's impatience, and they enjoyed the surprise. The Elephant and Piggie books don't always have a lesson at the end, so I appreciated that this story conveyed the message that good things come to those who wait.I would absolutely recommend Waiting Is Not Easy to preschoolers through children in the early years of elementary school.
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