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Elephant & Piggy Like Reading & So Do We: #EPLR Prize Pack Giveaway

Thank you to Disney Publishing for selecting us as sponsored Mo Willems ambassadors and providing the prize packs. The honest opinions are our own.

I wrote awhile back about how Mo Willems has been Logan’s favorite author since preschool. His teacher read some of the books to his class and Logan was hooked. He loves the stories, illustrations, and the humor.

Mo WillemsMo Willems is 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. The 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 five Geisel Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let’s Go for a Drive!, A Big Guy Took My Ball! and Waiting Is Not Easy!).

That’s why when we were asked to be Mo Willems ambassadors, I jumped at the chance. We recently received a fantastic package full of books, cookies, pins, and finger puppets!

Elephant & Piggie Love Reading

Elephant & Piggie Love Reading PackageThis package was sent to us to celebrate a new beginning reader series by Mo Willems, Elephant & Piggie Like Reading (#EPLR) where Elephant & Piggie introduce kids to their favorite books brought to life in original stories created by contemporary children’s authors and illustrators.

Elephant & Piggie Love ReadingEach book is 64 pages long and offers a great story that kids can relate to. In true Mo Willems form, the books are fun and funny too.

The books also keep up the dialogue driven format that you find in the Elephant & Piggie books, it connects all the books together in an active, storytelling style that keeps kids turning page after page wondering what’s going to happen next.

In the book, We Are Growing, Walt & his friends are blades of grass who are realizing that growing up isn’t always the easiest.

We Are GrowingIt seems someone is always the something-ist, but what about Walt? He doesn’t think he’s the anything-ist. But a big surprise inches closer and Walt discovers something special of his own.

We Are Growing BookThe award winning author and illustrator Laurie Keller, has created many children’s books including Birdie’s Smile Book, The Scrambled States of America Talent Show, and more.

Laurie KellerIn the second book in the #EPLR (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading) series, Cookie Fiasco, four friends, Hippo, Croc, and the Squirrels are determined to have equal cookies for all.

The Cookie FiascoBut how? There are only three cookies and four of them, on top of that they need to act fast before nervous Hippo breaks all the cookies into crumbs.

Cookie Fiasco BookDan Santat is the author and illustrator of the recent Caldecott winner, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, and many other books. For Disney-Hyperion he illustrated Oh, No! and Oh, No! Not Again! by Mac Barnett, Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo by Ayun Halliday, and Because I’m Your Dad by Ahmet Zappa. He is also the creator of Disney’s animated hit The Replacements.

Dan SantatWe are a family of bookworms and like reading as much as Elephant & Piggie. You’ll often find us with our noses buried in books and Kora, Logan, and I can spend ages in libraries or bookstores.

Elephant & Piggie Like ReadingThere’s just nothing like finding a new favorite book to read and then reading it over and over again. I’m excited about this new series and the new books. They will be in stores September 20th, so be sure to be on the lookout for them. I’m certain they will be big hits and will be on many wish lists this holiday season.

For more information:

I’m excited to offer the giveaway below!

WIN IT!

One reader of 2 Wired 2 Tired will win an Elephant & Piggie Like Reading (#EPLR) Prize Pack!

The prize pack will include:

  • Copies of We Are Growing and Cookie Fiasco
  • Branded cookies and branded pins
  • Elephant & Piggie finger puppets

Open to US addresses only. Prizing provided by Disney-Hyperion.

Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter.

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Good luck!

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Comments

  2. I am excited because my daughter does not have any finger puppets right now and I think she would love them!

  9. My daughter loves books and is very excited to be learning to read. She has a birthday coming in October and these would make her smile.

  11. My daughter really enjoyed reading these books and I think she would love the opportunity to own a few books

  16. The title of your blog caught my eye and I was excited to read this post about his new book series. It sounds terrific. I write a blog about reading for parents of 4th to 8th graders. I’m a firm believer in the value of picture books for any age child but I’m wondering if you think these books would be appropriate for this age group? At any rate, I’m will be reading these to grandkids. Thanks!

  18. I’m crazy about elephants (and animals in general), and I really want to encourage my granddaughter to be interested in them, too. I’d love to read these to her!

  21. I think these look super cute and I love that they encourage reading which is so very important.

  25. The books look great, and the cute illustrations will hold her interest as she is learning to read.

  26. These are simple to read books that my youngest daughter can read with help from her siblings. They use simple words and are funny and give her confidence in her reading.

  28. I would like to win this because I think my girls would like this prize. We’re not familiar with it but it looks cute.

  31. I love to interact with my son when we are reading together so the puppet fingers will be a cute whimsical part of his story time.

  35. We are a family of bookworms also! I am always on the lookout for new books for the kids and we love Mo Willems. The We Are Growing book looks really cute!

  37. Because I have five grandbabies right now with two due within two months and they are all voracious readers. Elephant and Piggie books are family favorites!~

  38. I am excited about this because the books look interesting and my grandkids would love them

  40. My 5 year old would love these! I like the big lettering and the illustrations are funny and entertaining.

  41. I’m excited about them because they look cute and I know my son would really enjoy them!

  42. I’m super excited because my 7 year old has highly disliked reading for the past 2 years until we recently found Elephant & Piggie books at the library. Now he looks forward to our library trips and can hardly wait to read them all!

  46. I’m excited to read these to my granddaughter. She’s just getting to the age where she loves books.

  47. I am excited to read them because my children love them and reading together will be a wonderful experience.

  48. I’m excited as I love reading new books to my daughter and she loves looking at the pictures.

  49. I’m excited to read these new books to my grandsons because they’re so entertaining and he loves the illustrations. They’re also great for him to practice reading to me!

  50. My three year old grandson loves it when we read story books to him. I am going to get to see him Labor Day weekend and I am bringing him about twenty used story books that I picked up at thrift stores over the past month. He is going to be so excited about that-

  51. My two little nieces love their books and I would be excited to share these fun stories with them.

  52. I am excited because they look so cute and like something my little’s would really enjoy!

  55. These will be the perfect books for my nephew. They are beautifully illustrated and the lettering is a nice size making it easy for him to read. He’s really going to like Elephant and Piggie