About the Author

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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. The 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!).

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Praise For…

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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.”—<EM>Booklist</EM> (starred review)

PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT PIGGIE SERIES* “These books will easily take their place alongside Seuss and Eastman as classics in the beginning-reader genre.”—<EM>The Bulletin</EM> (starred review)

PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT PIGGIE SERIES* “These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse easy-reader and picture-book audiences, alike.”—<EM>School Library Journal</EM> (starred review)