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 My Friend is Sad, elephant Gerald is
down in the dumps. Piggie is determined to cheer him up by dressing
as a cowboy, a clown, and even a robot! But what does it take to
make a sad elephant happy? The answer will make even pessimistic
elephants smile.
關於作者:
Mo Willems is the New York Times best-selling author and
illustrator of picture books and early readers that have changed
the face of children''s literature. He has been awarded a Caldecott
Honor on three occasions, and two of his Elephant and Piggie early
readers have received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal. His most recent
picture book is Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, of which the Bulletin
of the Center for Children''s Books wrote: "Willems continues to be
a master at conveying an amazing amount of emotion and humor using
... minimal elements" in a starred review.