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I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems




Mo Willems has done a superb job again with his two new books in the An Elephant and Piggie Series. "I Love My New Toy!" is a story about Piggie's new toy. One day Elephant throws is high into the air a breaks it! After being anger, worried, and crying the friends are able to work things out. "I Will Surprise My Friend!" is a story about a new game the two decide to play. However, the surprise goes bad when each of the friends can't find the other one. Both books are in the same format as the other books in the series and are funny and entertaining. Check out these two new easy readers titles and also check out the other books in the Elephant and Piggie series. You won't be dissapointed.

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Anonymous said…
They both look fab stories - thanks for the review. I'm always on the hunt for great children's books and have recently discovered Bayard and their series of StoryBoxBooks, AdventureBoxBooks and DiscoveryBoxBooks (which is a special Olympic edition) They have work by acclaimed children's books illustrator Helen Oxenbury appearing in the Storybox series for September. In addition to this, they also have some great activities for rainy days: http://www.storyboxbooks.com/potatoprinting.php, http://www.adventureboxbooks.com/macaroni-picture-frames.php, http://www.discoveryboxbooks.com/skittles.php Enjoy!

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