A Big Guy Took my Ball! written by Mo Willems

A Big Guy Took my Ball! is a cute little story about the time Piggie is telling Gerald about a big huge ball that she had found was having a blast with.  That is until a "Big Guy" takes her ball.  Gerald is determined to find out what happened to the ball; until they come across the culprit.  The culprit turned out to be a very huge whale.  The whale was sad at first but then became excited and glad that Piggie was able to return his lost ball.

This is a fun book for beginning readers to enjoy.  A Big Guy Took my Ball!  is a 2014 Theodore Geisel Honor Book that is a perfect picture book for young readers to sharpen their reading and vocabulary skills.  This book also shows a great lesson about how there are always two sides to every story and that we should always listen to both sides of a story before coming to any conclusion.

A Read along can be found at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXpLgExe1f4


A Book Trailer can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsHzU7Y-_ag

Readers also enjoyed Ball written by Mary Sullivan and Moo! written by David LaRochelle

Other books written by Mo Willems are We are in a Book and The Thank You Book.

Teaching ideas for A Big Guy Took my Ball! can be found at  http://www.pigeonpresents.com/teachersguides/EandP_eventkit2013.pdf

Willems, M. (2013). A big guy took my ball! New York: Hyperion Books for Children.