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Mo Willems is best known as the award winning Author and illustrator of kid’s favorites like Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, the Elephant and Piggie series and the Knuffle Bunny books. He now also has a brand new app! Pigeon Presents: Mo on the Go! Where you try to fill your sticker vault by playing mini games, drawing and dancing! Here’s a simple math game you can use as a book-tivity with any of the Pigeon books by Mo Willems. The newest Pigeon book was released today, April 1st! The new book is called The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (this is an Amazon affiliate link). To play this game you will need some small cubes, such as linking cubes, or a similar manipulative. Dear with activities inspired by Mo Willems’ beloved Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant & Piggie books. Him drive the bus, including playing a game of charades.
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What About Worms!? An Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Book
Tiger is BIG. Tiger is BRAVE. And Tiger is NOT afraid of anything . . . except WORMS!
Unlimited Squirrels: I Want to Sleep Under the Stars!
Zoom Squirrel dreams of sleeping under the night stars. Can the Squirrel pals help Zoom’s dream come true?
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 3
For the third-time ever, read five Elephant & Piggie adventures in one BIGGIE bind-up.
I’m ON It! An Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Book
Goat likes to lead. Goat also likes Frog to follow. Will they both make it through a high-stakes game of Follow the Leader?
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Best friends Elephant and Piggie introduce kids to their favorite books—brought to life in original stories created by a variety of award-winning contemporary children’s book authors and illustrators.
Drawing The Pigeon Mo Willems
Mo Willems, 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. Mo's celebrated Elephant & Piggie early reader series has been awarded two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) and five Geisel Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let’s Go for a Drive!, A Big Guy Took My Ball!, and Waiting Is Not Easy!). In 2019, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC named Mo the first-ever Education Artist-in-Residence. Mo began his career as a writer and animator on Sesame Street, where he garnered six Emmy Awards.
If you would like to send Mo an e-mail, please ask a grown-up to write to: MoMail@PigeonPresents.com.
Mo Willems Pigeon Game
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are unable to receive physical mail at this time. We cannot guarantee that Mo will be able to personally respond to your e-mails, but every e-mail will receive a reply.