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Summary
Summary
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In I Really Like Slop! , Piggie invites Gerald to try her favorite food . . . slop. But Gerald is not so sure he's going to like it. At all.
Author Notes
Mo Willems was born on February 11, 1968. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, he spent a year traveling around the world drawing a cartoon every day, which were published in the book You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons. For nine seasons, he worked as a writer and animator for PBS' Sesame Street, where he received 6 Emmy Awards for his writing. During this time, he also served as a weekly commentator for BBC Radio and created two animated series, Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats and Cartoon Network's Sheep in the Big City.
While working as head writer for Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door, he began writing and drawing books for children. He received three Caldecott Honor Awards for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! in 2004; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale in 2005; and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity in 2008. He also created the Elephant and Piggie series for Easy Readers, which were awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009.
His drawings, wire sculptures, and ceramics have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums across the nation. Occasionally he serves as the Radio Cartoonist for NPR's All Things Considered. He voices and produces animated cartoons based on his books with Weston Woods studios. The animated Knuffle Bunny was awarded Best Film during the New York International Children's Film Festival in 2008 and received the Andrew Carnegie Medal in 2007. His title Happy Pig Day made Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List for 2011. In 2012 his title Goldilocks and The Three Dinosaurs made The New York Times Best Seller List. In 2013 his titles: That is Not a Good Idea!, Let's Go for a Drive! and I'm a Frog! made the New York Times Best Seller List. In 2014 The Pigeons Need a Bath! and Waiting Is Not Easy! made the New York Times Best Seller List.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Elephant and Piggie are back! This time Piggie has created... slop. When Gerald gets a whiff of the pea-green concoction and sees flies buzzing around the bowl, he asks Piggie if it is supposed to smell that way. With the exaggerative flair Willems is known for, as Piggie sniffs, her hat pops off, eyes bulge, and her head turns from turquoise to orange before she answers "Yessssss!" Piggie is eager for her best friend to try the recipe, but Gerald emphatically refuses. Seeing that he has upset his friend, Gerald changes his mind. Willems successfully executes the tension in the tasting scene by using two pages to zoom in on Gerald's face as a dot of slop touches his tongue. Gerald turns four shades of bright colors before transforming into a yellow and purple polka-dotted elephant. As he begins to return to his normal gray self, Piggie asks if he liked it. Although Gerald confesses that he does not, he shares that he is glad he tried it, because that is what friends do for each other. Variance in text size and melodramatic facial expressions will help readers understand how the two pals feel throughout the story. Elephant and Piggie fans will enjoy the new twist of bright colors used in contrast against the signature gray and pink hues. VERDICT Through a story line and illustrations that produce rollicking laughter, Elephant and Piggie once again share with young readers what it means to be a friend.-Beth Parmer, New Albany Elementary Library, OH © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
"Pigs really, really, really, really, really like slop!"In fact, "eating slop is part of pig culture," so when Gerald the elephant turns up his trunk at best friend Piggie's reeking, green bowlful ("The flies are how you know it is ripe!"), she takes it very personally. Seeing her devastation, Gerald steels himself to "try a small taste," using his trunk to transfer a tiny globule to a very reluctant tongue. A comedic four-page sequence ensues, in which Gerald's disgust is dramatized with very un-elephantlike coloration, contortions, and many repetitions of "Urk!" (Turns out old shoes are the secret ingredient.) Willems exploits his audience's familiarity with the beloved characters to deliver a humorous update of Green Eggs and Ham, combining it with a message about not just friendship and trying new things, but cross-cultural understanding. With cultural awareness an ever more prominent element of school curricula, it's likely kids will understand it immediately. Picky eaters will see themselves in Gerald, and they will appreciate his bravery and generosity of spirit. Once he's tasted it, Gerald confesses that he does not particularly like slop, but he's glad he tried it: "Because I really like you," he tells a pleased Piggie. "Yummy" may be highly subjective, but friendship is transcendent. (Early reader. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* Gerald and Piggie are great friends, but will the friendship survive Piggie's latest offer? She loves slop and asks Gerald to try it. After eyeing the steaming, fly-festooned bowl of green goop, he resists, even refuses, but eventually relents because Piggie is his friend. Will he try dessert? Don't count on it. Friendship may transcend tastes but even great friends have their limit. Young readers will respond lovingly and laughingly to Willems' much-loved characters because they are so like children themselves. His cartoon illustrations are simple but humorous and full of facial expressions vivid enough to make readers believe that they, too, can smell Piggie's slop. As Piggie offers Gerald her wonderful slop, children will echo the elephant's own horrified sounds. The minimalist text corresponds with the simple illustrations, ensuring this will be another favorite among Willems' growing Elephant and Piggie series. Fans who love the author's Knuffle Bunny and Cat the Cat series books will, of course, enjoy Elephant and Piggie, as will those who claim Dr. Seuss, Bob Shea, and Oliver Jeffers as favorites. Willems has written another laugh-out-loud winner that will leave kids shouting for second helpings or even thirds. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Willems' latest proves his beloved and award-winning series for beginning readers isn't losing any steam. Order up!--Petty, J. B. Copyright 2015 Booklist