Yay Fan Mail (Pigeon's Pals Edition)

Gangs all here!
That is one sad Gerald!
Love the Naked Mole Rat in the tunnel at the bottom of the picture!


Love me on my thinking chair!

Love the high-heels!
Love everything about those monsters!

This was a very funny story. Turns out animals can't really fly commercially. Kind of like Celebrities...

Huzzah!

We'd love to see your drawings here at the Mo Willems Studio. Drop a line to:

Mo Willems Fan Mail
c/0 Jennifer Crowell
Hyperion Books for Children and Pigeons
114 5th Ave 14th fl. New York, NY 10011

Please be patient, it takes a while for mail to be forwarded!

(Teachers: a cover letter including the grade you teach is appreciated)

Time is running out...

Less than a week is left in Scholastic's Pigeon Drawing Contest!


Indianapolis' JOIN THE PIGEON CROWD, READ ALOUD initiative ends November 30th! Get reading! Get LOUD!


But, you still have a few months to catch the fabulous 20th Annual Illustration Show at R. Michaelson Gallery in Northampton, MA!

And if you're near Belmont, MA tomorrow you can see a screening of the animated Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! along with a slew of other cool cartoons. [Here's a clip]


If you're near Teaneck, NJ on Sunday, you can see the animated version of Knuffle Bunny, along with a bunch of other cool cartoons! [Here's a clip]

Sooper-Dooper-Early-Sneak-Peek!

The F&G's of a new picture book for early summer 2010, City Dog, Country Frog.

And, yes, you're reading it correctly, illustrated by the great Jon J Muth!

A departure for me that I hope you'll enjoy.

News...

Some nice end of year news:

The Columbus Dispatch has just published their end of the year Best Books list and my first pop-up book, Big Frog Can't Fit In! made the list. They said:

"Willems truly puts the concept of pop-up to work here, inventing a frog too big for the book. Her legs sprawl out from the pages and all seems hopeless until she gets help from some friends: miniature frogs."

Meanwhile over at the News & Observer [Raleigh, North Carolina], their best of the year list includes Big Frog Can't Fit In!

"Only Mo Willems would come up with such a fitting premise for a pop-up - an overlarge frog who can't be contained by book pages."

and Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

"Wilbur, the naked mole rat, is a fashionista who bucks the buck-naked status quo by asking "why?" Simple line drawings bring complex issues to light."

Huzzah!

Thanks to the editors, experts, and kids who chose their favorites this year!

Break...

On a work break. Catching up with doodles and whatseehoozits...

Please visit PigeonPresents and play a few games...

Screening! Calendars! NYC!

If you're in NYC on Thursday Nov 12 at 7 PM and are looking for a new Calendar and some cartoons, then I've got good news for you. The fine folks at ASIFA-East (the society of animators) are unveiling their new benefit calendar, featuring 12 months of cartoons and drawings by leading East Coast animators (I got to do December).

Additionally, they'll be screening contributors films, including this years animated Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Animator/director Pete List is planning to attend to answer any questions you might have (he may even chat about the upcoming version of The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog!).

Other animators include a who's who of East Coast talent, meaning you'll get to see awesome films by Bill Plympton, John Dilworth, Michael Sporn, Kristy Caracas, Candy Kugel, George Griffin, Emily Hubley, Debra Solomon, Signe Baumane, Jennifer Oxley, and Xeth Feinberg!

(note, many of these films are NOT for the kiddies)

ASIFA-East Calendars and Screening
Thursday Nov 12, 7 PM,

SVA 209 E. 23rd Street

5th floor, room 502.



PLUS: Here's a review of that film in Audio Book form...

"I'm thicsng of geting a wife." PIGEON FAN MAIL!

Here are some of my favorite awesome Pigeon ideas from the old mail bag!









Cheese-lovers BEWARE!



Love the tricked-out wheels!



Excerpt from Don't Let the Pigeon Have a Cookie! (a classroom project)





Huzzah!

We'd love to see your drawings here at the Mo Willems Studio. Drop a line to:

Mo Willems Fan Mail
c/0 Jennifer Crowell
Hyperion Books for Children and Pigeons
114 5th Ave 14th fl. New York, NY 10011

Please be patient, it takes a long time for mail to be forwarded!

(Teachers: a cover letter including the grade you teach is appreciated)

You can see past fan mail here.