The book begins with a bus driver telling the reader not to let Pigeon drive the bus. Willems created the book from a doodle he made of a pigeon. Willems’s first published book was Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003). During that time he also created two animated television series: The Off-Beats (1996–97) on Nickelodeon and Sheep in the Big City (2000–02) on Cartoon Network. Willems won six Emmy Awards during his nine years at Sesame Street. Four years later he began writing for the children’s television program Sesame Street. He studied animation at New York University, from which he graduated in 1990. Willems enjoyed sketching and drawing as a child, and he drew comic strips for his high school newspaper. His family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, shortly after his birth, and he grew up there. Willems was born on February 11, 1968, in Des Plaines, Illinois. He created some of the most popular characters in books for young children, including Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant and Piggie. American children’s author and illustrator Mo Willems produced more than 50 children’s books.
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