His books are simple, not simplistic they are clever, witty, various, and surprising.” - Boston Globe Like Brown, Willems has his finger on the pulse of what interests children most. “Mo Willems is to our era what Margaret Wise Brown was a half century ago….
“A hilariously fractured fairy tale….Top-notch for group storytime” - Kirkus Reviews
“On every page, the text winks broadly at readers, first pointing to and then playing with conventions of folklore, narrative voice, literary foreshadowing, and plain old common sense.” - Horn Book (starred review) Readers of all ages will find much to chuckle about in this wacky retelling.” - School Library Journal (starred review) “This is pure Mo Willems, from the many visual gags in the cleanly drawn illustrations and the tight, tongue-in-cheek story line to the endpapers. “With a sense of irony (and humor) as sharp as this dinosaur trio’s talons, Willems’s retelling is a sure bet for audiences who have moved beyond more gently witty fare.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Willems has delivered his very best work so far-this is a tasty treat for kids already fluent with the original, and for any fan of funny, and everybody will want to read it again and again and again.” - Booklist (starred review) Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts. Before he turned to making picture books, Mo was a writer and animator on Sesame Street, where he won six Emmys. His books are perennial New York Times bestsellers, including Knuffle Bunny Free, Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!, and the Cat the Cat series. A three-time Caldecott Honor winner (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny, and Knuffle Bunny Too), he also won two Geisel Medals and two Geisel Honors for his Elephant and Piggie books. Mo Willems knows a Good Idea when he sees one.
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