These Elephant and Piggie books are great fun. In "Elephants Cannot Dance!" Piggie wants to teach Gerald to dance. He shows her though that on page 11 of the "What Elephants Can Do" handbook that it says that elephants can't dance. To which the irrepressible Piggie answers: Gerald, it does not say that you cannot try!

This book is great fun and as usual there's a Mo twist to the plot that will entertain small fry and teach them a small life lesson. And like all of Mo's work, it's a great read-aloud and primer. (AR folks say it's at the 1st Grade Reading Level)

Pam T~
mom and reviewer at BooksForKids-reviews

I love Elephant and Piggie: they are the best! ( )

Cute! Elephant and Piggie are wonderful friends, and even when they get frustrated with each other, they still maintain that friendship. Piggie *really* wants to teach Gerald how to dance (she's dressed as a ballerina), but he simply cannot follow her instructions, and sadly repeats that "elephants just cannot dance." But when two squirrels come along asking to be taught "The Elephant," everyone cheers up!

Charming and funny! ( )

There aren't many easy reader series out there that are as funny as the Elephant and Piggy books. These have very simple illustrations and a lot of very emotional turns of phrase, so hopefully you can start from the beginning keeping kids from developing that awful droning readaloud voice so many children have.

The trouble in this book is that no matter what Piggy does to teach Gerald how to dance, he cannot - it says so in the book of what elephants can do. Eventually he gets frustrated and throws a tantrum... which is quickly adopted by the local squirrels as "the Elephant dance". Guess Elephants can dance after all :)

Best moment? Has to be when Piggy says "Jump when I say three" and Gerald is a full two pages behind the beat. ( )