The Creative World of Mo Willems
Mo Willems is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and illustrator whose work has earned three Caldecott Honors for Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny, and Knuffle Bunny Too. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. His beloved Elephant & Piggie series received two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals and five Geisel Honors. In 2019, the Kennedy Center named Willems its first Education Artist-in-Residence. He began his career as a writer and animator on Sesame Street, earning six Emmy Awards.
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Explore a collection of articles, interviews, and videos that offer insight into Mo Willems’ life, creative process, and artistic achievements.
Mo Willems in the Press
Mo Willems talk to The Boston Globe about the art of big feelings
Mo Willems discuss the importance of doodling on The Today Show
Mo Willems and the Art of the Children’s Book from The New York Times
Mo Willems’s Funny Failures from The New Yorker
Mo Willems Has a Message for Parents: He’s Not on Your Side from The New York Times Magazine
Kennedy Center’s first Education Artist-in-Residence
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
Past Events
- Me and Other Bunnies and Other Stuff 9th Annual Benefit Exhibition March 2025
- Doodles 8th Annual Benefit Exhibition April 2024
- Wrecked Tangles 7th Annual Benefit Exhibition April 1-30 2023
- 20 Years of Pigeon! Two Decades of Mo Willems Children’s Books April 1-30 2023
- Gravity + Other Thoughts March 2022
- BIGGER thoughts March 2021
- You Are a Gift / Fancy Hotel Magazines March 2020
- Mo Willems: Try Being Nice March 2019
- Wordplay March 2018
- You Are Not Alone Reflections on the News March 2017
- Northampton September 2015
- Paris September 2014
- Don’t Pigeonhole Me!
Mo Willems at the Muskegon Museum of Art: April–May 2026
Celebrate the playful genius of Mo Willems in this vibrant spring exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art. From the mischievous Pigeon to the inseparable Elephant & Piggie duo, the show invites visitors of all ages into a world of wit, creativity and storytelling.