Muth (Zen Shorts) sets a limpid rural scene for Willems's (Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed) two unlikely friends in this tranquil tale of change. One spring day, redolent with fresh yellow-greens and pale ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. For this package, we’ve been asking authors and illustrators to discuss the decisions influencing a single page or ...

Mo Willems has thought a lot about what kind of work picture books should do. He’s fond of saying that his job is to create 49 percent of the story and let children fill in the other 51 percent from ...

Union Square & Co. today announced a new Mo Willems picture book, It’s My Bird-Day!, which will release on March 31, 2026. The 11th picture book to star the Pigeon, it will be accompanied by a ...

After more than 20 years, Mo Willems’ pigeon in the beloved children’s book, “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,” still can’t drive the bus, but he is starring in his own musical. The book was ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most to him is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of ...

NEW YORK — Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most to him is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his ...

Author Mo Willems poses with The Pigeon, a character in his children's books, on April 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton) NEW YORK (AP) — Author Mo Willems has sold millions of ...