Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading)
SKU
081767
ISBN
9781368027168
Grade PK-3
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Charlotte Mason
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Secular
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Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
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Meet
Harold and Hog, best friends who are pretending to be Elephant Gerald and
Piggie! But will this experiment end well? These adorable and colorful books
offer introductions by Elephant Gerald & Piggie and each story emulates the
same style as the classic Elephant & Piggie books, with stories being
primarily told through speech bubbles. A perfect new book for kiddos who love
Elephant & Piggie. 64 pgs, hc.
Publisher's Description of Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading)
Harold and Hog pretend with the roles they were born to play . . . but which roles are they?Hog is careful. Harold is not. Harold cannot help smiling. Hog can. Hog worries so that Harold does not have to.Harold and Hog are best friends. But can Harold and Hog's friendship survive a game of pretending to be Elephant & Piggie?
This series of readers come from a variety of authors and illustrators, with encouragement from Elephant and Piggie (and author Mo Willems) inside the cover. The characters continue to introduce you to the story, clever idea. For example, in the title What About Worms!?, Piggie asks for Gerald's help with a book he can't make heads or tails of. When Gerald asks why, Piggies says because it's about worms! Get it? HAHAHA! The story is about a tiger who is not afraid of anything…except worms. It has a funny twist when the worms want to hug the tiger – AAHHH! Elephant and Piggie close the story for you as well. Good thing these are hardcover as they are sure to see a lot of use and wear! Lexile AD310L. ~Sara
