The common thread of the series is that these are the books that Elephant and Piggie like to read. Elephant and Piggie are retired, so this is what they do in their spare time. What will they end up wanting… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
I also learn a lot about everybody else's process. People create in different ways, so that has opened me up to different processes and experimenting. Laurie Keller is a character person, so she came to the project with these blades-of-grass… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
Kids are super-independent. This is the time when you don't need your parents for a story anymore. You have a great degree of agency… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
I think Laurie's Keller story 'We are growing', resonates because when you have that amount of independence, you're starting to ask yourself questions that… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to have made enough of these types of children's books that while I don't necessarily know what works, I know… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
“People think, Hey, I love kids, I want to write children’s books. But they think children are happy. That’s their first mistake. [Messinger, Jonathan.… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
A picture book is a motorcycle: small, loud, fun, and zippy. An easy reader is a chartered bus: obliged to carry a rather dull… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber. — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
Elephant and Piggie have a very large input. They have a distinct aesthetic taste. They like books that are philosophical. They like books that… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience. — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
The first bowl of chocolate pudding was too hot, but Goldilocks ate it all anyway because, hey, it's chocolate pudding, right? — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus- — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
The common thread of the series is that these are the books that Elephant and Piggie like to read. Elephant and Piggie are retired,… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
When you make a decision, you don't have to be locked into it. One of the ways that you grow is by starting over. — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
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