Elephant & Piggie: Today I Will Fly!
by Mo Willems
Early reader · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 280L · 57 pages · 2007
Why we'd hand it over
The perfect entry point to chapter books—Elephant's deadpan skepticism against Piggie's unshakeable optimism is both hilarious and teaches a real lesson about trying without guarantee of success.