Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Thankfully, Blue Bunny makes sharing easy! Keep the good times rolling this summer with signature Bunny Tracks ice cream, classic Simply Vanilla ice cream sandwiches or irresistibly fun Mini Swirls. This story has a surprising ending, and sparked some great discussion in our family. I love that the book shows Gerald the Elephant’s very relatable thought process as he analyzes, rationalizes, and justifies different scenarios in his decision to share (or not to share!) his ice cream with his best friend, Piggie. Should I Share My Ice Cream? is about the (sometimes difficult) decision to share with someone else. From a reading-teacher perspective, these books are perfect for teaching the comprehension strategy of inferring feelings. The stories are simple in dialog and illustration, but have a way of sucking them in with the silly characters’ animated facial expressions. My kids love his books too, especially the ones about Elephant and Piggie. Opinions are my own.ĭo have a favorite children’s author you cling to, collecting everything he/she writes? In 2019, Mo became the very first Education Artist-in-Residence for the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.This post is sponsored by Blue Bunny.

To date, Mo has been awarded three Caldecott Honor Awards, two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal Awards, five Geisel Honors, six Emmy Awards, and many #1 New York Times best-selling books. Some of his books have been adapted into musical productions and are performed in several countries. Mo Willems is currently the author and illustrator of more than 50 books, including his most beloved characters Knuffle Bunny, the Pigeon, and Elephant & Piggie, whose books are now translated into over 25 languages around the world. In 2003, Mo wrote his first children’s picture book, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, which went on to receive his first Caldecott Honor Award. He then worked for the Children’s Television Workshop as an award-winning writer and animator for Sesame Street from 1994 to 2002.

After travelling for awhile and living in London as a comedian, Mo returned to the States and went to college, studying film and animation, earning a degree from New York University.

He also acted and did stand-up comedy in high school. Mo drew cartoons all during his childhood, and was a big fan of the Peanuts cartoons by Charles Schultz. Mo Willems was born Maurice Charles Willems on Februin Des Plaines, Illinois, and grew up in New Orleans.

Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems