My kids and I have really enjoyed all things Mo Willems, especially his Elephant & Piggie series. So we were heartbroken (at first) to find out that there wouldn’t be any more new books published after The Thank You Book in 2016.
Happily, we discovered that Elephant and Piggie live on through the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! beginning-reader series created by Mo Willems. In this series, best friends Elephant and Piggie introduce kids to their favorite books, brought to life in original stories created by contemporary children’s book authors and illustrators.
The next book in this series is The Itchy Book by LeUyen Pham, recommended for ages 6-8. It hits stores May 15, 2018. My kids were SO excited to read this one! It’s a cute story told in a similar style to the Elephant and Piggie series, but with LeUyen Pham’s own personal flair.
Here’s a little more about the book:
They may be dinosaurs, but their gigantic discover still holds true three million years later. Itchy dinosaurs try to follow a very important, very prehistoric rule. A rule so important and so prehistoric, it’s written in stone. DINOSAURS DO NOT SCRATCH!
Triceratops has an itch. . . so does Pterodactyl. . . and Brontosaurus. . . and T-Rex! But Dino-Mo reminds them all of the BIG rule: Dinosaurs do not scratch! What’s an itchy dinosaur to do? Find out in this hilariously charming beginning reader by author/illustrator LeUyen Pham.
LeUyen Pham is one of my kids’ favorite illustrators, so it was fun to see that this book was written by her, as well! You’ve seen her work in the Princess in Black series as well as Freckleface Strawberry, Grace for President, and lots more. Her detailed and hilarious style is a perfect match for the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! series.
Reader Giveaway: One lucky Jinxy Kids reader will receive a book prize pack including The Itchy Book; two more Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! titles: We Are Growing! and The Cookie Fiasco; the final Elephant & Piggie title: The Thank You Book; a branded back scratcher; PLUS custom THANK-O-RAMA “Thank You” notes! To enter, complete the entry form below by 11:59 pm ET on 5/21/18. Good luck!
Our grandchildren will be on the receiving end for this prize. However, I look forward to our reading time together.
My granddaughter, Julianna, will be receiving this if I win 🙂
my lil nephew would get this if i won.
Kids would love these.
one of my little grandsons will recieve this book,,this is the first ive heard of these books
My nieces would get this.
My niece would love this prize! Our favorite Elephant and Piggie book is There is a Big Bird on Your Head!.
I like “The Cookie Fiasco,” because my tastes run to adventure!
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I love all the Elephant and Piggie books. If I win, I will give this prize to my niece.
my little niece will be receiving this
My youngest son hasn’t read any of the Elephant and Pig books and he would be the one I would be giving the prize to.
I would love to donate these to my library. I love all the Mo Willems books!
These cute books would be for my nieces.
My favorite is Elephants Cannot Dance! I’d share these cute books with my grandsons!
My niece would be getting this she loves to read
My son loves reading. He reads to his little sister all the time to.
My favorite elephant and piggie book is I broke my trunk. Me and my son laugh everytime we read it. I will gift him these books if i win, he loves to read!
My son will be receiving these if I win. We love sitting down and reading together, we make weekly trips to the library and keep lots of books in the house! <3 Thank you for the chance to win!!
This is such an amazing giveaway, thank you! my children love story time.
Those books are very cute my son would love it
My daughter would love to read it, but I have not heard of these!
This will be gifted to my sweet Samantha.
I haven’t read any of these books/authors yet. I would like to give these books to my daughter.
The Cookie Fiasco. My daughter would receive this if I win.
These books look awesome! Both my kids, almost 3 and 4 1/2, love to be read to. New books are always a hit.
My son chose The Itchy Book by Elephant and Piggie. He always gets hives due to allergies and he loves dinosaurs so it is a clear winner. I would give this prize pack to my son and his baby sister if we won.
I’d love this for my kids.
My kiddos would love this!! We are working on building a library! When it fills up, we are going to have a neighborhood book exchange. That way everyone in the neighborhood can read!
My Godchild will be receiving this fun prize pack if I win.
To my little cousin!!
I would give these to my great nephew
I have never heard of these books. I would like them for my niece
My family loves reading Elephant and Piggie together.
Our favorite is We Are In a Book = both of my kids are huge fans
I have 4 grandkids that I am raising and they would love these books!
My grand daughter would receive this book set. Great giveaway for a grand parent, fingers crossed
My daughter would love to receive these books!
I would give these to my niece, she would enjoy them.
My son will be receiving this if I win.
My kids like I Really Like Slop.
We have several Elephant and Piggie books and I think my son like the one called I Really Like Slop. Although he loves them all.
I’d like to gift this set of books to my kindergarten son- he is just learning to read well and needs new books to keep him interested in reading.
I will give this prize pack to my boys.
My nephew would be getting these and he’d most like the Itchy Book!
if i won, this would be for my daughter, she would love it.
I have never heard of these books, but they look soooooooo cute!!!! I would share this with my niece!
My 3 year old would love this!
My son would get this! I know we have some elephant and piggie books that he loves!
I would share this with my kids
They all look cute. They would be for my daughters!
my girls would love it
My son, of course.
My children would really like these.
my grandkids would be enjoying these books if I won
My kids like “there’s a bird on your head”, an elephant and piggie book!
My 2 daughters would be enjoying this book prize pack if I won.
This will be for my niece.
These would be for my three daughters.
This would be for Anna!
One of our favorite books is Elephants Cannot Dance. I would love to surprise my kiddo.
i would give this to my niece and nephew
I would give these to my four year old son!
My youngest daughter would love this, it would go to her!
I would like to win this for my granddaughter 🙂
I am entering to win this for my nephews.
cookie fiaso.
Both my kids would love this!
If I win, my grandchild will receive this.
The prize pack will go to my granddaughter!
I want to win this for my baby girl due in August!
We haven’t read these books yet. I would love to read them to my littles. They just love being read to!
The Cookie Fiasco.
I would give this to my kids if I win