TUESDAY: Listen to My Trumpet by Mo Willems

 

Summary

Piggie has a new trumpet she can't wait to show Gerald. But the stuff she plays isn't very "musical." How will Gerald tell his best friend he didn't like her concert?

Review

Another great Elephant and Piggie book by Mo Willems! I bought a copy for our school library last Tuesday when it released and by Friday I had read it to four of my classes. They all loved it - but it's a little hard to know if they loved the story or just loved hearing me try to read the trumpet sounds out loud!

4 out of 5 stars

Recommended for: preschoolers and early readers. I think the whole series is a great one for early readers to get lots of basic reading practice (my Kindergarten students were reading along as I read this one).

Cautions: Adults need to be ready to read a lot of trumpet sounds!

Waiting on WEDNESDAY

Here are a few more new releases for kids coming out this month:


Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (10.4.11)
Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems (10.4.11)


Also, there were supposed to be two new LEGO books out this month that actually released in September - the Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia and the Lego Ideas Book.


Happy Reading!

RECOMMENDATIONS WEEK - Day 1

This week I want to focus on the books I am loving right now - the ones I am actively recommending to people who talk to me about books. 

These are our three favorite volumes in the fantastic Mo Willems line starring Piggie and Gerald. If you haven't read these, find them at your local library or book store. They are a hoot! One of our local book stores was running a special on these this summer so we were able to add a few to our collection, and we bought extras to give to our school library. Great for early readers - Kindergarten/First Grade - boys and girls, both.

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