There is a Bird on Your Head! (2007)

"They are love birds!" ( )

Mo Willems has just hit the easy reader nail right on the head - simple, repetitive text, engaging characters, laugh-out-loud storylines all with a minimum of fuss and bunches of white space. There Is a Bird on Your Head! is possibly the best of the Elephant and Piggie Readers so far. Here's hoping there's lots more - I'm looking forward to the three coming out this summer! ( )

I love Mo Willems. These books are great, they are short easy to read and funny. These books create characters. The Pig and Elephant are best of friends. This story could be used in the class as a quick read aloud. Or it could be used for a student to read. The length of the story allows a student to read a whole book in one sitting. For young readers, sometimes this is a good idea. A child can feel sucessfull, when they struggle with reading. This book could be liinked with many different lessons, including bird lessons. ( )

This book is one of a series of many books with Piggy and Elephant as the main characters. Written using speech bubbles, students enjoy the relationship between these unlikely animals. Younger students practicing fluency could use these books by working in pairs when reading the story. The speech bubbles make it easy for a beginning reader to know when it is their turn to read. ( )

5Q 5P
Simple and easy to follow illustrations tell an entertaining and comical story of uninvited guests atop Elephant's head. Piggie's silly and farcical observations prompt the reader to join in the fun of watching the "lovebirds" make an unusually located home. A fun read that will entice many reluctant readers. ( )