Mo Willems

Kids are super-independent. This is the time when you don't need your parents for a story anymore. You have a great degree…

— Mo Willems

I think Laurie's Keller story 'We are growing', resonates because when you have that amount of independence, you're starting to ask yourself…

— Mo Willems

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,…

— Mo Willems

“People think, Hey, I love kids, I want to write children’s books. But they think children are happy. That’s their first mistake.…

— Mo Willems

A picture book is a motorcycle: small, loud, fun, and zippy. An easy reader is a chartered bus: obliged to carry a…

— Mo Willems

The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

— Mo Willems

Elephant and Piggie have a very large input. They have a distinct aesthetic taste. They like books that are philosophical. They like…

— Mo Willems

An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience.

— Mo Willems

The first bowl of chocolate pudding was too hot, but Goldilocks ate it all anyway because, hey, it's chocolate pudding, right?

— Mo Willems

I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-

— Mo Willems

The common thread of the series is that these are the books that Elephant and Piggie like to read. Elephant and Piggie…

— Mo Willems

When you make a decision, you don't have to be locked into it. One of the ways that you grow is by…

— Mo Willems

I also learn a lot about everybody else's process. People create in different ways, so that has opened me up to different…

— Mo Willems

“And the moral for Dinosaurs is: Lock the Back Door!”

— Mo Willems

Aggle flabble kabble . . . snurp?

— Mo Willems

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because…

— Mo Willems

Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.

— Mo Willems

My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.

— Mo Willems

Elephant and Piggie could just Google themselves! With the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! series, we're picking artists who have a voice…

— Mo Willems

I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.

— Mo Willems

When you make a decision, you don't have to be locked into it. One of the ways that you grow is by…

— Mo Willems

“Conditions may vary. We will strive to make your stay as comfortable as possible. However there will be turbulence. There will be…

— Mo Willems

All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library:…

— Mo Willems