Mo Willems
Author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
About the Author
Mo Willems was born on February 11, 1968. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, he spent a year traveling around the world drawing a cartoon every day, which were published in the book You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons. For nine seasons, he worked as a show more writer and animator for PBS' Sesame Street, where he received 6 Emmy Awards for his writing. During this time, he also served as a weekly commentator for BBC Radio and created two animated series, Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats and Cartoon Network's Sheep in the Big City. While working as head writer for Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door, he began writing and drawing books for children. He received three Caldecott Honor Awards for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! in 2004; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale in 2005; and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity in 2008. He also created the Elephant and Piggie series for Easy Readers, which were awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009. His drawings, wire sculptures, and ceramics have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums across the nation. Occasionally he serves as the Radio Cartoonist for NPR's All Things Considered. He voices and produces animated cartoons based on his books with Weston Woods studios. The animated Knuffle Bunny was awarded Best Film during the New York International Children's Film Festival in 2008 and received the Andrew Carnegie Medal in 2007. His title Happy Pig Day made Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List for 2011. In 2012 his title Goldilocks and The Three Dinosaurs made The New York Times Best Seller List. In 2013 his titles: That is Not a Good Idea!, Let's Go for a Drive! and I'm a Frog! made the New York Times Best Seller List. In 2014 The Pigeons Need a Bath! and Waiting Is Not Easy! made the New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Miranda H.
Series
Works by Mo Willems
You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day (2006) 238 copies, 3 reviews
Sam, the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World: A Leonardo, the Terrible Monster Companion (2017) 170 copies, 4 reviews
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (Includes 2 Bookends) (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (2017) 111 copies
Mo Willems Set of 8 Paperback Books Includes Can I Play Too?, a Big Guy Took My Ball, Cat the Cat Who Is That?, Knuffle… (2013) 69 copies
Pigeon Series 7 Book Set : Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus / Stay up Late. Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog ....and 4 More… (2009) 14 copies
Pigeon Pack (5 Book Set) (The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Don't Let Pigeon the Stay Up… (2012) 7 copies
Mo Willems Knuffle Bunny Book Set of 3 - [Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken… (2004) 5 copies
Pigeon Pack (4 Book Set) (The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Don't Let Pigeon the Stay Up Late!; The Pigeon Wants a… (2010) 5 copies
My Friend is Sad / Today I Will Fly! 4 copies
Knuffle Bunny and Other Stories About Families: Knuffle Bunny / That New Animal / Three Cheers for Catherine the Great… (2013) 3 copies
Elephant & Piggie Set of 5 Books: There Is a Bird on Your Head!, Elephant & Piggie: Can I Play Too?, Elephant & Piggie:… (2013) 3 copies
The Wonderful World of Elephant & Piggie Series 10 Books Collection Box Set by Mo Willems (2020) 2 copies
Lazy Day Doodles 1 copy
ELEPHANTS CANNOT DANCED! 1 copy
Lets Go For a Drive! 1 copy
I Really Like Slope 1 copy
Elephant and Piggie Series 10 Books Collection Set By Mo Willems (Today I Will Fly, My Friend Is Sad, I Broke My Trunk,… (2020) 1 copy
Books 1 copy
Sheep in the Big City: Season 2 — Creator — 1 copy
Sheep in the Big City: Season 1 — Creator — 1 copy
Associated Works
9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember (2002) — Contributor — 252 copies, 1 review
Every Man for Himself: Ten Original Stories About Being a Guy (2005) — Contributor — 98 copies, 7 reviews
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1968-02-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Places of residence
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA - Education
- New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Trinity Episcopal School
Isidore Newman School - Occupations
- animator
illustrator
children's book author - Awards and honors
- Theodor Suess Geisel Medal (2008, 2009)
Caldecott Honor (2004, 2005, 2008 - Short biography
- Mo Willems was born on February 11 in 1968 and raised in New Orleans. He attended Tisch School of the Arts through New York University, graduating cum laude. He began his career as a writer and animator for Sesame Street, and then went on to create two cartoon series: "The Off-Beats" for Nickelodeon's "Kablam!" and "Sheep in the Big City" for Cartoon Network. Since 2003, Willems has authored numerous books for young children.
Members
Discussions
Anyone a else Mo Willems Fan? in Children's Literature (May 2015)
Reviews
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Caldecott Honor
This is the sequel to the first knuffle bunny, it is a story about a little girl who has a stuffed bunny that gets switched with a similar bunny at school. She then has to get her bunny back from the little girl who owns the bunny it got switched with. In the end, they become friends. I would read this to around kindergarten age because the content is more suited for smaller children.
This book is a part of the Elephant and Piggy series. It's a story about an elephant and a pig that are good friends. In this specific book they try to play outside but it begins to rain. They then learn to overcome this struggle and enjoy the rain. This book is more suited for younger ages such as 2nd and below but I would read this book in a classroom of students of any age. It teaches important life lessons of friendship and learning to be content and make the best of your situation.
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Statistics
- Works
- 136
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 113,000
- Popularity
- #75
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 3,634
- ISBNs
- 955
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
- 90
