Homeschool Friday - I Really Like Slop

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.

I Really Like Slop (Elephant & Piggie, # 24)

By: Mo Willems

Publication: October 27, 2015 by Hyperion Books for Children

64 pages

Genre: Children, Picture Book, Humor, Level-1

Source: Own/Personal Library

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Goodreads 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. In I Really Like Slop!, Piggie invites Gerald to try her favorite food . . . slop. But Gerald is not so sure he's going to like it. At all.

I Really Like Slop is the fifth and final Elephant and Piggie story included in Biggie 1 even though Goodreads lists it as # 24 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.

Piggie is about to eat the slop he's just made. Gerald is traumatized. Piggie tries to educate Gerald on slop, but Gerald's rejection makes Piggie sad. Gerald decides to try it. No surprise, he doesn't like it. All of the Elephant and Piggie books have some kind of sweet moment which I appreciate.

The illustrations for I Really Like Slop make the story 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. I Really Like Slop gets 4 Stars. Have you or your child read I Really Like Slop? What did you think? Let me know!