Our Mo-Mail Package Arrived: A New Series for Beginning Readers!

August 30, 2016

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We love Elephant and Piggie in our house so we were so excited
to hear that Mo Willems created a new beginning-reader series!
The first two books in the #EPLR series hit shelves September 20th:
We are Growing and Cookie Fiasco.
We were lucky enough to get a fun MO-MAIL with the books and some cute cookies.
The girls were so excited!! We love the style of these books… it makes reading so fun.
Our shelves are filled with Mo Willems books. We recently got the Thank You Book and it’s still a favorite.
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Best friends Elephant & Piggie introduce kids to their favorite books –
brought to life in original stories created by contemporary children’s book authors and illustrators.

Each book speaks to kids’ interests and abilities with stories filled with fun and funny!
It’s the same cute dialogue-driven format, like Elephant & Piggie series…
so if you’re a fan of that series you’ll love these new ones!
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WE ARE GROWING
By award-winning author and illustrator Laurie Keller — In Stores September 20th

Synopsis
Growing up isn’t always the EASIEST
Walt and his friends are growing up fast! Everyone is the something-est.

But . . . what about Walt? He is not the tallest, or the curliest, or the silliest.
He is not the anything-est! As a BIG surprise inches closer, Walt discovers something special of his own!
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Sienna thought it was SO CUTE! We all giggled as we read it.
She’s been on fire lately with reading and I loved giving her this new book to dive into!
The book is so colorful and fun. The style of writing really helps her feel comfortable reading.
I love how she puts different personalities into all the little grass characters when she reads their lines!
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COOKIE FIASCO
By Caldecott Award winner Dan Santat — In Stores September 20th

Synopsis
Four Friends. Three Cookies. One Problem.
Hippo, Croc, and the Squirrels are determined to have equal cookies for all! But how?

There are only three cookies . . . And four of them. . . What’s more, they need to act fast
before nervous Hippo breaks all the cookies into crumbs!
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Sophia grabbed this one when it arrived… The characters looked so fun!
We are all about sharing in our house…learning to share that is. ;)
So I love giving them this book. It’s silly and fun and loaded with personality!
The captions that are large on the page and all in caps,
are always read with passion!! haha. They think they are hilarious. ;)
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How cute are these cookies?
Grass never looked so tasty.
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GIVEAWAY TIME!
Do you love these books?? Win your own fun Mo-Mail Package!
ENTER BELOW BY ANSWERING LEAVING A COMMENT:
Which Book do you think your child would like or What’s your favorite cookie recipe!
Include your email address.

The Prize Pack will include:
+Copies of We Are Growing and Cookie Fiasco
+Branded cookies and branded pins

+Elephant & Piggie finger puppets
Open to US addresses only. Prizing provided by Disney-Hyperion.
Winner will be emailed September 20th and have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Thank you to Disney-Hyperion for sponsoring today’s post!
We loved joining in to celebrate the release of We are Growing and Cookie Fiasco.
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  • Jen
    August 30, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    We love Mo Willems and both of these books look wonderful! Thank you for he opportunity to add them to our collection. Those cookies are darling too! Our favorite cookie recipe is traditional chocolate chip
    cookies as we love the dough. If we just want the dough, we substitute the eggs with a splash of milk, water, or applesauce. :-)

  • Amber Hillis
    August 30, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    I seriously love these books for teaching about speech bubbles. My favorite cookie recipe is the chocolate chip cookie one on the back of the crisco boxes.

  • Amber Hillis
    August 30, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    I seriously love these books for teaching about speech bubbles. My favorite cookie recipe is the chocolate chip cookie one on the back of the crisco boxes.

  • Courtney
    August 30, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    I definitely think my little guy would love the cookie one! He’s all about some cookies! ;)

  • Cristian Cockerell
    August 30, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    My girls would definitely love the Cookie Fiasco best! We are cookie monsters over here. Chocolate Chip to be exact. I love following you and I am all about growing our little library right now! :)

  • Ashley M
    August 30, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    My little one would love both of these! Monster cookies are our favorite cookies. With m&ms, chocolate chips, peanut butter AND oats, what’s not to love?!?!

  • Lisa
    August 30, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    We love Mo Willems in our house! My favorite cookie recipe is one my friend gave me for chocolate chip, made with vanilla pudding mix. :)

  • Kim
    August 30, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    My kids would love We Are Growing. I hope I win!

  • Melanie Hernandez
    August 30, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    My kiddo is just learning how to read and loves the Elephant and Piggie books and the speech bubbles make them an easy shared read, I think we would enjoy the We are growing book a quite a bit!

  • Jessica
    August 30, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    My daughter learned to read this summer with the Elephant and Piggie books so I know she will love these. I think she would really love the cookie fiasco one!

  • Teresa Young
    August 30, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    I am so excited to hear about this! I am a preschool teacher, and I love Mo’s books. We read a lot of Elephant and Piggie books at our summer camp this year. (:

  • Emily
    August 30, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    My kids would love The Cookie Fiasco!

  • Kristin
    August 31, 2016 at 6:05 am

    My daughter loves Elephant and Piggies books! It is a great motivator to get her reading!

  • Stephanie
    August 31, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    My second grader would love We Are Growing!

  • Jen Smith
    August 31, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    We would love Cookie Fiasco! We always bake cookies off the Quaker Oats box with lots of dark chocolate chips!

  • Nicole Deterding
    September 1, 2016 at 6:47 am

    We love Mo Willems’ books!!! My kids would love The Cookie Fiasco! We love to bake in our house but for some reason our cookies never turn out pretty, though they are tasty! Our favorite recipe hands down is one I found off Pinterest. They’re soft bake monster cookies from Sally’s Baking Addiction — so good and they actually look pretty and taste awesome every time!! :)
    Nicole.deterding6@gmail.com

  • Talea
    September 4, 2016 at 11:08 am

    Both of the books look so adorable! I know my daughter will enjoy the We are growing! Book. Tough call though they both seem like great books!!
    tj5406553@gmail.com

  • Julie
    September 8, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    Both of my children would love We are Growing! And our favorite cookie recipe is one for a big cookie cake, yum!

  • Kesha
    September 9, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    I have never heard of these books. Thanks for posting about them!! My first child just started kindergarten, so these would be perfect for him. I know the cookie book would be a big hit in our house, as desserts are always asked for. :-) My favorite cookie recipe is the original Toll House chocolate chip recipe on the back of the toll house chocolate chip bag.