The next page is completely shaded light green, which will indicate to older/more observant readers that we are now "reading" Gerald's dream and are actually in dream-space now.
You see, when Gerald first falls asleep, a green thought/dream bubble with pale green shading comes out of his head, showing that he is dreaming of his best friend, Piggie. Gerald then wakes from his nap - for real this time - and calls Piggie turnip-head slyly in passing, surprising a confused Piggie.Ĭhildren who are sharp - or perhaps a bit older - might catch on sooner that this book is a dream from the shading Willems cleverly uses. Then other improbably things happen, like stuffed animals talking and Piggie's head turning into a turnip. The book has a surprise ending as Gerald suddenly realizes that he is dreaming - actually 90% of the book is a dream - and he figures this out when Piggie starts floating on page 49/57. After yelling at Piggie for waking him up, they decide to take a nap together! Only Piggie has a severe snoring problem. In this book, Gerald is feeling tired and cranky, so he decides to take a nap - only to be woken up by a curious Piggie. They love each other so much and this shines through in every book. His best friend, Piggie, is a light-hearted, fun-loving person who is brave. Gerald is a spectacle-wearing elephant who is a bit of an old fuddy-duddy. These Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems are SO POPULAR right now, and with good reason.
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family. Mo began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering 6 Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door. Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation.
The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's." In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91. #1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale.
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