by Mo Willems (Author)
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 A Big Guy Took My Ball Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball Gerald is big, too...but is he big enough to help his best friend?
Author Biography
Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as three Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, and Let's Go for a Drive!).Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth.
See above.
Number of Pages: 64
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.3 x 6.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 21, 2013
Award: Cybils (2013)
Award: Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) (2014)
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2014)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Big Guy Took My Ball!
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 1
Point Value: 0.5