I Am Going!
I Am Going!
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Walt Disney Press/Hyperion
Just the Series: Elephant & Piggie   

Series and Publisher: Elephant & Piggie   

Annotation: Piggie ruins a perfectly good day by telling Gerald the elephant that she is going, sending him into a panic.
Genre: [Humorous fiction]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #40840
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2010
Edition Date: 2010 Release Date: 01/26/10
Pages: 57 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 1-423-11990-8 Perma-Bound: 0-605-40878-5
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-423-11990-6 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-40878-4
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2009017643
Dimensions: 23 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2009)

The mercurial friendship of Elephant and Piggie survives another minor (but seemingly life-ending!) tiff. The two are basking in shared bliss when Piggie announces, "Well, I am going." Elephant proceeds to get histrionic, clawing at his ears and wailing, "Who will I skip with? Who will I play Ping-Pong with? Who will I wear a silly hat with? WHO WILL I SKIP AND PLAY PING-PONG IN A SILLY HAT WITH?!?!" Though it falls short of the high-water marks of I Love My New Toy! (2008) and I Will Surprise My Friend! (2008), Willems again distills the abrupt melodrama summoned by the commonest of childhood disagreements. As always, the key is the offhandedness of the presentation e pencil art, the simple font, and the generous white space create a mid-tempo visual rhythm that is somehow intrinsically funny. This austerity is broken when Elephant reaches the mad heights of his tantrum. For both adult and child readers, it's a moment as pleasurably predictable as the making-up that quickly follows.

Kirkus Reviews

The two-time (so far) Geisel Medalist continues to set the bar high for beginning-reader achievement in this latest installment of the Elephant & Piggie series. Cover art depicts Piggie poised to walk away and anxious elephant Gerald's horrified reaction to her imminent departure. Although the title page repeats this cause-and-effect relationship, the book proper opens with the contented pair reveling in each other's company. "This is a good day," Gerald announces, and it is—until a few pages later when Piggie says, "Well, I am going," and her elephant pal pitches a fit of separation-anxietyinduced pleading and temper worthy of a certain pigeon (who, since he shows up in every Willems book, appropriately makes an appearance during this tantrum scene). Piggie holds her ground, eventually explaining that she's only going...to lunch. Relieved Gerald, along with a contingent of ants, joins her for a picnic, replete with colors that satisfyingly deviate from the series's limited palette. To paraphrase Gerald: This is a good book. (Early reader. 4-8)

School Library Journal (Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2010)

PreS-Gr 1 Once again, Willems shows his talent for distilling the most profound human emotions to just a few words. Gerald the elephant is exhibiting anxiety, and his issue is the fact that Piggie says, "I am going!" For young children, this fear of abandonment can surface even when a friend or caretaker leaves for a brief time. It turns out that Piggie is just planning to go get lunch, and in his typical, reassuring way, Willems shows a picnic spread at the end with the two friends enjoying the meal together, Gerald's worries having been assuaged. Fans of the series will recognize that sometimes Gerald is the in-charge character and sometimes it is Piggie; as in real life, different people show their vulnerabilities in different situations. Once again, Willems uses just two colors, showing pink Piggie marching on the front endpapers and gray Gerald hopping on the back. He uses text bubbles to indicate who is speaking and includes plenty of white space. The illustrations are hilarious while at the same time capturing the truest of feelings. Be sure to add this easy reader to your collection as an addition to the series or even as a stand-alone. Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT

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Word Count: 171
Reading Level: 0.6
Interest Level: P-2
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 0.6 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 155524 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:1.3 / points:1.0 / quiz:Q77566
Lexile: 160L

Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie.
 
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 Am Going!, Piggie ruins a perfectly good day by telling Gerald she is going. If Piggie goes, who will Gerald skip with, play Ping-Pong with, and wear silly hats with?
 
Read all of Elephant Gerald and Piggie’s adventures!
·      Today I Will Fly!
·      My Friend is Sad
·      I Am Invited to a Party!
·      There is a Bird on Your Head!
·      I Love My New Toy!
·      I Will Surprise My Friend!
·      Are You Ready to Play Outside?
·      Watch Me Throw the Ball!
·      Elephants Cannot Dance!
·      Pigs Make Me Sneeze!
·      I Am Going!
·      Can I Play Too?
·      We Are in a Book!
·      I Broke My Trunk!
·      Should I Share My Ice Cream?
·      Let’s Go for a Drive!
·      Happy Pig Day!
·      Listen to My Trumpet!
·      A Big Guy Took My Ball!
·      I’m a Frog!
·      My New Friend is So Fun!
·      Waiting is Not Easy!
·      I Will Take a Nap!
·      I Really Like Slop!
·      The Thank You Book


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