I Will Take a Nap

Willems, M. (2015). I Will Take a Nap! New York, NY: Hyperion Books.

Gerald and Piggie return for another story. Gerald is tired, very tired and cranky. His buddy Piggie decides to join him for a nap but inadvertently keeps Gerald up while he gets rest. But is Gerald really up or was the whole thing a dream? Kids have to look at the illustrations on the page very carefully to catch on to what is happening in the story. 

I enjoy Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie books. The characters show how friendship has its ups and downs but in the end love for each other wins out. This book is a clever story in that it is a story inside a story. When I read it to my class, they all loved the "turnip head"line. And the surprise ending was pleasing especially to those who figured it out before the story was over.