What grade level is There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)?

There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–2. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.

How long does it take to read There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)?

It takes about 1h 10m to read There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (64 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 70 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.

What curricula assign There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)?

There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) appears on reading lists for Garden State Children's Book Award, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) banned in schools?

There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.

There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

Name: There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
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Author: Mo Willems

by Mo Willems

There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems is assigned in US schools at grades k–2. It appears across 2 curriculum references and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

Grade range: Grades K–2
Pages: 64
Reading time: about 1h 10m (est.)
First published: 2007

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About this book

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In There Is a Bird On My Head!, Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head—two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friend?

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Common questions

What grade level is There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)?: There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–2. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
How long does it take to read There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)?: It takes about 1h 10m to read There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (64 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 70 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)?: There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) appears on reading lists for Garden State Children's Book Award, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) banned in schools?: There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.

Why this book is on this list

Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.

Lexile measure: Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
Grade band: Grades K–2 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment: Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence: Cited in 1 state ELA framework or DOE list (see citations above).
Removal / banning records: No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags: Tagged for: award-winner, book-club.