Let's Go for a Drive!

<h2 id="plot">Plot</h2>
<p>An <a href="/facts/Elephant/6prrEFFK">elephant</a> called Gerald and a <a href="/facts/Pig/b5wxwdDY">pig</a> called Piggie want to go for a drive.  Gerald decides they need a number of items for the trip like bags, a map, sunglasses and umbrellas.  They sing as they get ready but unfortunately, they don't have a car.  Gerald gets upset but then Piggie makes a suggestion, which makes everything better.
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<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Kirkus_Reviews/aQju2670">Kirkus Reviews</a> finds that "The dauntless duo’s 18th outing employs Willems’ award-winning formula: color-coded speech bubbles; lots of white space; endearing visual characterization ... effortless phonetic play; thoughtfully designed endpapers; silliness."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>  <a href="/facts/Common_Sense_Media/y1NzpSDb">Common Sense Media</a> believes that it "...gives new readers a fun lesson in being flexible."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="awards">Awards</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Geisel_Award/lwexgT5c">Geisel Award</a> runner-up 2013</li></ul>

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<li>Children's literature portal</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"BARNES & NOBLE | Let's Go for a Drive! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children | Hardcover". Barnesandnoble.com. 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-11-09. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lets-go-for-a-drive-mo-willems/1111557397?ean=9781423164821" target="_blank">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lets-go-for-a-drive-mo-willems/1111557397?ean=9781423164821</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"LET'S GO FOR A DRIVE!". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015. <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mo-willems/lets-go-for-drive/" target="_blank">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mo-willems/lets-go-for-drive/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Let's Go for a Drive! An Elephant & Piggie Book". www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved 3 April 2015. <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/lets-go-for-a-drive-an-elephant-piggie-book" target="_blank">https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/lets-go-for-a-drive-an-elephant-piggie-book</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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