Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let's Go for a Drive! and A Big Guy Took My Ball!).Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth. Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts.
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PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT PIGGIE SERIES*"Accessible, appealing, and
full of authetic emotions about what makes friendships tick, these
titles will put a contemporary shine on easy reader
collections."--Booklist (starred review)
*"These books will easily take their place alongside Seuss and
Eastman as classics in the beginning-reader genre."--The Bulletin
(starred review)
*"These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse early-reader
and picture-book audiences, alike."--School Library Journal
(starred review)
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