Willems just doesn't disappoint! It boggles the mind, just how many books can this genius produce? Next Elephant and Piggie to be released June 2011. It's a CRAZY story! And one that will have you and your young reader rolling around laughing. It involves hippos, rhinos and a large piano. Gerald, in his usual dramatic fashion, tells the story of how it happened. Piggie, in all her exuberance, would like to know how Gerald hurt his trunk.
In I Broke My Trunk, Piggie and Gerald take on their usual (hilarious) roles.
* For all those pigeon fans out there, check out the end-papers (the inside, back cover of the books). * Your young reader should be able to read it by themselves after only a few shared readings. * In a few short pages, with spare prose, Willems has created a suspenseful story that will have you and your young * The way Willems' deft illustrations convey exactly what the character is feeling, without the need for words, is really nothing short of genius. * It's always a cause for celebration when a new Elephant & Piggie is released! He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family. Mo began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering 6 Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door. Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation. The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's." In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91. #1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale.
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