# I Will Surprise My Friend!-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 _I Will Surprise My Friend!_, Gerald and Piggie want to play a game and surprise each other--but the biggest surprise is the one they least expect.  

### Author Biography

Mo Willems is the author of groundbreaking picture books, including; _Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale_ (Caldecott Honor winner 2004); _Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!_ (Caldecott Honor winner 2003); _Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!_; _Time to Say "Please"!_; _Leonardo, the Terrible Monster_; _Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct._ He also wrote _Today I will Fly!,_ _My Friend Is Sad_, _There Is a Bird on Your Head,_ and _I Am Invited to a Party!,_ the first books in this series.

In his previous life, Mo was a six-time Emmy Award-winning writer and animator for _Sesame Street_and the creator of Cartoon Network's _Sheep in the Big City._ He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.  

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**Number of Pages:** 64

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** June 01, 2008

**Award:** Cybils (2008)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** I Will Surprise My Friend!

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

**Reading Level:** 0.8

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

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

## Variants

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