# A Big Guy Took My Ball!-An Elephant and Piggie Book - Hardcover

by **Mo Willems** (Author)

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 _A Big Guy Took My Ball_ Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball Gerald is big, too...but is he big enough to help his best friend?  

### Author Biography

**Mo Willems** (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one _New York Times_ best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for _Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!_, _Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale_, and _Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity_). _Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!_ was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for _There Is a Bird on Your Head!_ and _Are You Ready to Play Outside?_) as well as three Honors (for _We Are in a Book!,_ _I Broke My Trunk!_, and _Let's Go for a Drive!_).Other favorites include _Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed_ and _City Dog, Country Frog_, illustrated by Jon J Muth.

See above.  

**Number of Pages:** 64

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 9.3 x 6.9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 21, 2013

**Award:** Cybils (2013)

**Award:** Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) (2014)

**Award:** Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2014)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Big Guy Took My Ball!

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 1

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 10.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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