Homeschool Friday - Today I Will Fly

Homeschool Friday is a feature here at Somewhere Only We Know that showcases books my family reads during homeschool and provides a mini-review/review for each.

Today I Will Fly (Elephant & Piggie, # 1)

By: Mo Willems

Publication: April 1, 2007 by Hyperion Books for Children

57 pages

Genre: Children's, Level 1, Humor,

Source: Own/Personal Library

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Description--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.

Today, I Will Fly! is the funny introduction to the characters. Piggie is determined to fly. But Gerald the elephant knows that's impossible--isn't it?

Mo Willems is a beloved author for our family. We love the Pigeon books. And my daughter read a lot of Elephant and Piggie books when she was learning to read. (Side note: I always want to call them Piggie and Gerald.) So I got Biggie 1 for my 7-year-old son for Christmas this past year. I need books that he will want to read willingly and this series fits the bill pretty well. They are lengthy books (57 pages) for this reading level. I love this. Most pages only have a sentence or two at most, so the child doesn't feel overwhelmed and can actually blow through the books quickly. These are all AR Level 1 (a couple of them are 0.5 and 0.6) so the words aren't complex or difficult.

Piggie declares that he(?) will fly today. Gerald is too practical for that mess. He's like "nope, that's not going to happen." Piggie decides to enlist help. Piggie enlists a dog to help, but does not accomplish flying. Then Piggie enlists a duck to help. Gerald sees what looks like Piggie flying. Piggie declares that there was no flying, only helping. And then Gerald decides that tomorrow, he will fly.

The illustrations for Today I Will Fly really make the series and bring the words to life. My son ends up giggling through parts of this book. My biggest pro for Today I Will Fly is that my son didn't fight reading these books at all. Today I Will Fly gets 4 Stars. Have you or your child read Today I Will Fly? What did you think? Let me know!