Author Presentation: Mo Willems
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Mo Willems
How It All Began...
Born in New Orleans ...
Author and Illustrator
Attended New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts.
This Is Mo!
Mo took off on a 30 country, 12 month backpacking trip across the world.... only taking a notebook, pen and ink, and one change of clothes.....
“A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to hold it in your hands, because a book sits there, waiting for you, whether you think you want it or not, because of all these things, a book is a friend. It’s not just the content, but the physical being of a book that is there for you always and unconditionally.”
Mo Willems
Awards and Honors
Happy Birthday Mo!
February 11, 1968
(age 45 years)
3 Caldecott Honors
- Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus 2004,
- Knuffle Bunny 2005,
- Knuffle Bunny Too 2008).
3 Theodor Geisel Awards
- There is Bird on Your Head 2008,
- Are You Ready to Play Outside 2009,
- We Are in a Book 2011- Honor).
2 Carnegie Medals
6 Emmy Awards
By 2004, he had already earned a Caldecott Honor
In Mo's Words...
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1993 through January 2002
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