Let's Go for a Drive! is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mo Willems, published in 2012 by Hyperion Books for Children. It is a book in the Elephant and Piggie series.
Plot
An elephant called Gerald and a pig 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.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews 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."2 Common Sense Media believes that it "...gives new readers a fun lesson in being flexible."3
Awards
- Geisel Award runner-up 2013
- Children's literature portal
References
"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. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lets-go-for-a-drive-mo-willems/1111557397?ean=9781423164821 ↩
"LET'S GO FOR A DRIVE!". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mo-willems/lets-go-for-drive/ ↩
"Let's Go for a Drive! An Elephant & Piggie Book". www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved 3 April 2015. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/lets-go-for-a-drive-an-elephant-piggie-book ↩