Winner of the 2008 Geisel

There Is a Bird on Your Head!

by Mo Willems is the winner of the 2008 Geisel award. I was laughing as I read and flipped the pages. This is a simple picture book of a gray elephant and a pink pig. The book is limited with words but the character expressions made by these two characters is hilarious. The story begins with them two sitting back-to-back enjoying each other's company. All of a sudden the elephant feels something land on his head and asks the pig if there is something on his head. The pig answers "There is a bird on your heard." As the story continues not only does he have a bird, he gets another bird in which they build a nest and lay three eggs that soon hatch into baby chicks. All along the pig finds these things amusing until at the end of the story the elephant asks the birds if they could move and end up on top of the pigs head.

This book was hilarious and the young and older reader will find it amusing.