EARLY READER REVIEW : What Will We Find in This Box? by Mo Willems (coming Sept. 1, 2026)
ABOUT THE BOOK
From #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Mo Willems comes SNAKE & BAT, an exciting early reader series set in the world of ELEPHANT & PIGGIE!
Bat plans so that Snake does not have to.
Snake goes to bat when Bat makes mis-snakes.
Best Friends Snake and Bat love being themselves with each other.
In What Will We Find in This Box?, Snake and Bat find a box. The box is exciting! The box is instructive. The box can be a toy. The box is also . . . not theirs! How can a box be one thing and so many things at the same time? Read and find out!
REVIEW
In the first of what I hope will be many books about Bat and Snake, the friends discover a box. Eagerly they open the box, hoping to find some cheese. After removing the small purple wrapped package, Bat looks at the 'in-struc-tions' and reads all the different languages the 'in-struc-tions' include. Snake turns the box into a pretend store, a snail shell, and a lamp. Piggie shows up and asks who's name is on the box. Bat and Snake fall apart after they realize they opened a package intended for someone else (Piggie). Piggie of course cares more about the purple wrapped package and lets Bat and Snake keep the parts they liked. Note: there is cheese in this book just not how you might think. Willems has created another fun duo who are likely to become as beloved as Elephant and Piggie. The same fun that kids connect to in the Elephant and Piggie books shines through here. All the elements (characters, plot, and relatability) come together here in a winning package. Highly Recommended.
I look forward to sharing this one with students in the fall.
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