Willems, M. (2013). A big guy took my ball! New York: Hyperion Books for Children.
The story is about a Piggie finding a big ball and a big guy taking it from him. Gerald, the elephant, gets upset that someone as big as him has all the fun and attempts to take the ball back. He then finds the "Big Guy" is bigger than he thought when he sees it's a whale, and runs back empty-handed. The whale comes to thank them for finding his little ball and thinks they are so lucky for being so little because no one will play him due to his size. So, all three of them decide to play together and put aside their differences. This is a great book for elementary level grades with a powerful theme about embracing differences.
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