“ Drive! Drive! Drivey-drive-drive!” they shout together gleefully. “ Let’s go for a drive!” suggests Gerald “ That sounds fun!” agrees Piggie. More delicious Gerald and Piggie nonsense in Make sure you peruse the final endpapers – seemingly Piggie has found another old friend to share his tale with. Hilarious nonsense, but utterly irresistible and delivered all in dialogue and through Mo’s minimalist chucklesome pictures. Let’s leave Piggie to have the last word – or rather words. Well of course Gerald’s trunk would break under all that weight wouldn’t it? Actually no there’s more to this bonkers story because Gerald’s trunk managed to stand up to all that mis-use but then in classic Willems/ Gerald fashion comes the embarrassing part … Imagine trying to balance a hippo on your trunk that’s what Gerald did, and a rhino, followed by Hippo’s big sis who just happens to have a piano with her.
“ What happened to your trunk?” asks Piggie and thus begins a protracted and rather convoluted tale of misadventure and madness. In the first one poor Gerald has a damaged trunk and just when Piggie is wondering why his friend hasn’t put in an appearance, along comes Gerald looking just a tad sorry for himself.
I love Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie stories they’re ideal for beginning readers and totally crazy.
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