Can I Play Too (Elephant & Piggie, # 12)
By: Mo Willems
Publication: June 8, 2010 by Hyperion Books for Children
64 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.
Can I Play Too? is the third Elephant and Piggie story included in Biggie 1 even though Goodreads lists it as # 12 in the series. Elephant and Piggie books are books that my seven-year-old wants to read. They are lengthy books (64 pages) for this reading level. I love this. Most pages only have a sentence or two at most, so my son doesn't feel overwhelmed and can read 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.
Gerald asks Piggie to play catch. Piggie's excited. A snake comes up and asks if he can play catch too. Piggie and Gerald are concerned. They want to play with him, but he doesn't have any arms. The snake jokes with them, and he then attempts to catch the ball. Piggie and Gerald are determined to play catch with their snake friend, and things go a little awry. In the end, they are all happy with the results.
The illustrations for Can I Play Too? make the series and bring the words to life. Any book that can get my son to enjoy any part of the reading process is a win for me. Can I Play Too? gets 4 Stars. Have you or your child read Can I Play Too? What did you think? Let me know!
