Wednesday, July 9, 2008

There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems


Following Elephant and Piggy, the two main characters of the story, we see two birds chose Elephant's head on which to build their nest and lay their eggs. Elephant is none to happy about this event! Much yelling ensues. Elephant cannot figure out how to get these birds off his head! Piggy is not much help either, but his expressions are priceless in the simple, beautiful and bright pictures! My favorite is how he grabs a tissue and tears up watching the eggs hatch! All the while, Piggy and Elephant are counting everything on his head: 3 baby chicks, 2 birds and a nest...In the end, Piggy suggests Elephant calmly asks the birds to move off his head. The birds reply, "No problem!" They move...to Piggy's head!! Love it!

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