Pigeon also stars in a number of other books, including Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (2006), The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! (2008), and The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (2014). Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was named a Caldecott Honor Book in 2004. Pigeon’s emotions throughout the book range from determination and hope to anger and frustration. For the rest of the book, Pigeon tries to convince the reader to let him drive the bus. The book begins with a bus driver telling the reader not to let Pigeon drive the bus. Willems created the book from a doodle he made of a pigeon. Willems’s first published book was Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003).

During that time he also created two animated television series: The Off-Beats (1996–97) on Nickelodeon and Sheep in the Big City (2000–02) on Cartoon Network. Willems won six Emmy Awards during his nine years at Sesame Street.

Four years later he began writing for the children’s television program Sesame Street. He studied animation at New York University, from which he graduated in 1990. Willems enjoyed sketching and drawing as a child, and he drew comic strips for his high school newspaper. His family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, shortly after his birth, and he grew up there. Willems was born on February 11, 1968, in Des Plaines, Illinois. He created some of the most popular characters in books for young children, including Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant and Piggie. American children’s author and illustrator Mo Willems produced more than 50 children’s books. Recommended to little monsters everywhere, and to fans of Mo Willems' distinctive style.(born 1968). I think the tall format lends itself to storytelling, particularly with younger, pre-school children. This is a cute tale, with cute illustrations. The oversized pages, in various muted colors, boast plenty of blank space, with out-sized text and illustrations all the more prominent, as a result.

But when Leonardo's attack produces the effect he'd been hoping for - a tearful victim - he has a change of heart.Chosen as one of our October selections, over in the Picture-Book Club to which I belong, where our theme this month is 'witches and monsters,' Mo Willems' Leonardo, the Terrible Monster definitely falls into the kinder, gentler monster-tale variety. Then one day, after doing much investigation (market researching comes to the picture-book!), he discovers the perfect target: Sam. Leonardo was a terrible monster, not because he was terrifying, but because he wasn't, and although he searched high and low for someone to frighten, his efforts were often met with laughter, rather than fear.

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