Thursday, October 11, 2012

Mo Willems Biography

Mo Willems

Llanas, S. (2012). Mo Willems. Minneapolis, Minn.: ABDO Publishing Co.

I couldn't resist the chance to purchase this biography of one of my favourite children's authors and illustrators. When I introduced it to each class (from grade 1 to 4) they were thrilled to see the little girl Knuffle Bunny's Trixie is based on and the pidgeon mascot outside a bookstore. This bearutifully laid out book with large colour photos and short, information packed chapters follows Mo from childhood doodles to a love of cartooning (he wrote Charles Schulz to ask "Can I have your job when you're dead?"), a career in stand-up comedy, an Emmy Award winning writing gig with Seasame Street and becoming a multiple award winning author.  The book ends saying that Willems hopes children will be inspired to "draw the characters, write new scenes and act out skits".  As each page turned I grew more and more impressed with this clever, funny artist. 

Check out Mo Willems blog at http://mowillemsdoodles.blogspot.ca/  - especially the 'dinner doodles'.

Late primary, Intermediate, Teacher resource

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