Can I Play Too? (An Elephant and Piggie Book) Hardcover – June 8, 2010

Love all E&P books and this is an absolute favorite

July 8, 2015

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We have the entire set. My kids are 4yrs & 7yrs old now. We've been reading these books since my older son was 2 or 3. The stories are solely told in word bubbles as conversations between the 2 main characters, plus a few recurring characters who stop by in some of the stories. We each choose a character to 'be' and then we read the story, which is simple sentences of easy words. I honestly believe these books were a huge factor in my older son teaching himself to read at a very early age. We routinely give E&P books as gifts, and I always keep my eye out for new ones and pre-order well in advance. It's a nice little package that comes out of the blue, and both my boys are very excited when the UPS man brings us a new E&P book that they've never seen before.

Our all-time favorites are:
Watch Me Throw the Ball - I love the moral of the story where the most important thing is to have a good time, even if you're not a pro.
Can I Play Too? - love this one because it teaches you to think outside the box and make the most of what you have. My sons couldn't stop giggling the first 10 times they read this one.

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Actually made me laugh out loud

Jamie

October 18, 2016

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In this Elephant and Piggie Book, Gerald and Piggie find a way to play catch with an armless snake. Spoiler alert: They end up playing catch WITH the snake. I read this book to my 6-month old son because it's entertaining (for me), although I look forward to reading it once he's a toddler/young kid. I love how the author, Mo Willems, color-codes speech bubbles for each character. That makes it really easy to read in silly voices without pausing or using the wrong voice. Everything in the pink speech bubble is spoken by Piggie, green speech bubbles are spoken by the snake, etc.

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dinomom

Adorable snake!

April 17, 2013

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How do you play ball with a snake? That is the surface issue in this story, but the deeper one is helping everyone to have fun together, even if it appears that one of the group can't play. Gerald and Piggie try a number of ways to play ball with the snake, and their new playmate is game to try, as well. Nothing they try seems to work (my grandsons love reading the "BONKs" as the initial efforts are made), but they all persevere until a solution is found that makes all of the playmates happy. This is such a great lesson for little ones (and us big ones, too) that if we think outside the box, we can come up with solutions to involve those who may have different abilities from our own. The snake (and I am not a fan of snakes, in general) is a cute addition to the group and has a sense of humor when dealing with the differences between him and his 4-legged playmates. The simple illustrations are deceptive, as they add so much to the story and help emerging readers share in the story.

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Elephant and Piggie Always Find Ways to Include Friends!

Tandy Wood

December 11, 2014

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I LOVED this book, as did my 4 year old grandson!!! I think he has 13 Elephant and Piggie books which I have bought him, but this one jumped to the top! I read it to him the first time, but after that we took roles (as we frequently do on the E & P books) and we could have sold tickets! We had such a blast "staging" this great tale of finding ways to play with friends who might be a bit different than we are.

When Clyde (my grandson) and I read the books aloud, he always announces ----in a loud voice --- "BY MO....WILLEMS"." I love that he recognizes and calls out the name of the author. Mo has certainly earned the "shout out!!!

Needless to say, for this Christmas I have already ordered two more Elephant and Piggie books for Clyde. He and I will BOTH be excited when he opens them!

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Laugh Out Loud with E&P

May 17, 2016

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We LOVE Elephant and Piggie books at our house - and this is no exception. My 5 year old laughed out loud and wanted us to read it over and over. The takaway from this book is that even though someone might be differently-abled, everyone is able to adjust and adapt so they can all have fun together (snake has no arms, so Elephant and Piggie work find a way to play catch with him). This book also subliminally touches on kindness and compassion, and ingenuity.

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Toddler loves Elephant and Piggie books!

M Holt

April 13, 2017

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We had one Elephant and Piggie book that we got from library surplus and my toddler loves reading it over and over, so I decided to get more. They are cute, simple stories with higher concepts good for teaching toddlers. I enjoy reading them, too. It won't be long before I end up buying them all.

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Lynn

Bonk!

June 11, 2014

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We love Piggie and Elephant books and this is no exception. Tell it with a little emotion and they laugh like it's the funniest book in the world. Best of all, when they laugh, I laugh. My daughter got to read to the kindergarten class and she chosen this book as well as another Piggie and Elephant book and the kids all loved that she was reading such a fun book.

Yes there is minimal reading in it and very simple pictures but somehow this works, you just need to know how to read it.

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Fun to read over and over

sailbrisc

August 31, 2016

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Elephant and Piggie books are so great. The simple illustrations, the clear messages, the predictable yet hilarious agony of Elephant about the issue at hand...my son really enjoys these books, and I enjoy reading them to him, even after the 50th time, which I cannot say about most of his books.

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Once again, the recurring theme of "I can try."
This time it's Snake --yeah, the friend without arms -- who wants to play catch. Yeah, catch.Read more

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feeling sad for Snake

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Oh my gosh!! This is the cutest book ever - my grandchildren always pick out this book read. I’ve bought several as gifts. I’m a new fan of Mo Wileman!!

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He could have easily been on the floor and whipped the balls back ...

As a handicapped person, I was offended to see differently-abled snake bombarded with balls and then thrown about as a solution for how to get him involved in the game.Read more

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Jen R

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I enjoyed reading it to my granddaughter

Item as described, well packaged and quickly received. Thank you.

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