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 what doesn't work. I've got a sense of the rhythm and the form. With this series,… — 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
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
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
“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
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
The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber. — Mo Willems Copy Share
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
An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience. — Mo Willems Copy Share
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
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
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
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… — Mo Willems Copy Share
