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By Mo Willems
To Nick Meglin, Tom Gammill, and all sorts of new friends
Text and illustrations copyright © 2014 by Mo Willems
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Willems, Mo.
My new friend is so fun! / by Mo Willems. — ist ed.
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“An Elephant & Piggie Book.”
Summary: Gerald the elephant and Snake fear that Piggie and Brian Bat
will have so much fun together they will no longer need their best friends.
ISBN 978-1-4231-7958-0
{1. Best friends—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Animals—Fiction.
4. Humorous stories.] I. Title.
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Hi, Snake!
Have you seen Piggie?
Fun!
Brian Bat is nice!
Piggie 1s my
Best Friend!
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They must be having
a really fun time!
They must be having
a super fun time!
They must be having
a super-duper
fun time!
They must be
having a—
What if
they are having
too much fun?
They could be having
more fun than they
have with us!
If they are having
that much fun
together, then...
... maybe they
do not need us.
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I DO NOT WANT
TO LOSE MY
BEST FRIEND!!!
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I DO NOT WANT
TO LOSE MY
BEST FRIEND!!!
We must do
something!
We must
tell them
to stop
having tun!
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Oh,
be hi, Gerald!
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Piggie! Brian!
We have to tell
you something"
We have to tell you
how much fun we
are having!
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We have
been playing
BEST
FRIEND
GAMES!
Best Friend games?
39
We even made
Best Friend
drawings!
agai ‘yy.
43
It 1s worse than
we feared!
Do you want
to see our
drawings?
I must cover
my eyes!
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50
You made
drawings of
Of course!
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53
What did
you have to
tell us?
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Elephant and Piggie have
more funny adventures in:
Today |Will Fly!
My Friend Is Sad
| Am Invited to a Party!
There Is a Bird on Your Head!
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal)
| Love My New Toy!
| Will Surprise My Friend!
Are You Ready to Play Outside?
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal)
Watch Me Throw the Ball!
Elephants Cannot Dance!
Pigs Make Me Sneeze!
| Am Going!
Can | Play Too?
We Are in a Book!
rz,
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor)
| Broke My Trunk!
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor)
Should | Share My Ice Cream?
Happy Pig Day!
Listen to My Trumpet!
Let’s Go for a Drive!
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor)
A Big Guy Took My Ball!
I'm a Frog!
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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 New Friend Is So Fun! Piggie is having so much fun with
her new friend. But where does that leave Gerald?
* “These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse
easy-reader and picture-book audiences, alike.”
—School Library Journal (starred review)
*“These books will easily take their place
alongside Seuss and Eastman as classics in
the beginning-reader genre.”
> —The Bulletin (starred review)
a number one New York Times best-
selling author and illustrator, has
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Cover art © 2014 by Mo Willems
been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions, for Don’t Let
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the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and and www. pigeonpresents. com
Knufile Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. Other favorites
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include’ Naked Mole wstis Gets Dressed and hee Pigeon Needs
a Bath!
Mo began his career as a writer and animator on Sesame Street,
where he garnered six Emmy Awards. He lives with his family in
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