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Just in time for the release of THE DUCKLING GETS A COOKIE?! Cartoonist & all around funnyman, Mark Anderson spent his free time making an insane Pigeon with LEGO blocks. Awesome! He's also created a great version of Cul de Sac's Alice.  I wish I'd known before I took over the strip for a week, I could have used it as a model. You can see HOW he did it here. Huzzah & thanks,

My agent gets quite a odd rights requests come across her desk, but this one was the cheesiest: A library in, you guessed it, Wisconsin recently had a book party/cheese cutting party featuring Elephant & Piggie, Knuffle Bunny, & Trixie. No. Really. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. You cheddar believe it was Awesome!   And thanks to Newsday for naming HOORAY

Here are some more great Halloween costumes! Great work, guys!Don't forget Gerald and Piggie!Bonus photo: Knuffle Bunny after calling 'shotgun' while on tour.

Here's a post from last year showing off some awesome costumes based on my characters.The fine folks at PigeonPresents.com would love to see if anyone is doing that kind of stuff this year. Send 'em a picture via the contact link and happy & safe Halloween!

What a cool dude! Reminds me of my Snoopy costume I had when I was that age.Tours are fun...(See ya in Santa Monica tomorrow)

Most awesome Pigeon Tattoo yet!Love ya, Houston!

Don't Let the Pigeon Eat Candy! as read and written by kids.Awesome.

I'm starting to get a kick out of Twitter, because I can follow The_Pigeon and check out what his fans are up to. Like creating this awesome image:which is remarkably close to a film I currently pitching! (thanks Devinise).I can also follow pals like Richard Thompson who's inaugurated a fan sketch page for his awesome Cul De Sac comic strip.And how about this for a total thrill: This week I

Here's a gallery of cool costumes that folks have made over the years and sent into the studio:The Pigeon is the most popular by far!I'm signing a headdress a girl in Texas made! It was hot in there!Awwwww... Duckling!The official costume from the Pigeon Musicals:This one is less official, but no less cool!Leonardo the Terrible Monster gets some love: How about this Elephant and Piggie team from

Rock on 1st graders!And while we're at it, check out this one:I met the lady who did this one at ALA a few days ago. Nice work all!

Ms. Jordan's awesome 1st graders have some pretty awesome pals. They've taken the Pigeon hundreds of places around the globe, like Venice...Sydney...Bejing...And the SOUTH POLE!But they still wouldn't let the Pigeon drive the bus!Thanks guys, what an awesome project.

I'm off to NY Comic Con for an appearance on Sunday. So, in the mean-time, here's a gallery of some recent photos that have come my way... First, lovely shots from Dave Moore at the St. Louis Library event for the Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed Tour... Next, did you know that before pal Jeannie Birdsall became a top-notch author, she was an art photographer? You did. Oh, well.

At the Book-a-mania fest in Chicago I was joined by fans Aidan, 3, and Jacob, 9 months, dressed as their favorite friends Elephant and Piggie. Awesome! There was also a kid dressed as Tony (the monster will all those teeth) from Leonardo the Terrible Monster. I've noticed more kids dressing up at these festivals, which I think is cool. You can never start too early for Comicon... Read the rest of this post

As a kids book maker, I have no place suggesting how you vote, but I do ask that you go to the polls. And on Nov. 5th, please be gracious. No gloating. No cursing. Your kids and your country are watching to see what you are really made of. If, somehow you are still undecided, how about this for a write in? Yup, that's indi-funky kids store Hicklebees. Oh, and you can celebrate the victory

Thanks to you Knuffle Bunny Too remains on the NY Times Bestseller list, clocking in at #6 for its 13th week. Long time pal (and producer for the Off-Beats and Sheep in the Big City) Kris Greengrove sends in this shot of her new puppy's new best friend, a (terrified) Knuffle Bunny. Oh, and yesterday during Mardi Gras in New Orleans a mom who had met Trixie asked if I’d every read “that book

Check out the latest Pigeon Contest entries (hit the Pigeon contest button). I love hometown pride. Thanks for the Cuffie and the bestseller list, PW. And this is an adorable story.

A Seattle fan sent in a few recent Pigeon sightings from a few weeks back during Halloween, and they put the “Awwww” in Awesome: (Remember: even if Pigeons want to drive a bus, they still have to hold hands when crossing the street…) In less adorable news, Knuffle Bunny Too was just named one of the Editors’ picks for the 100 Best Books of 2007 from Amazon.com. From a quick perusal, I

Jen Pierce (aka Bess the Book Bus) just dropped off some books from my pals at First Book to kids in Tampa, FL. Yowzer! That's some mighty fine head-gear! Thanks Bess. Oh, and Liverpool Loves Leonardo.

READINGS ON THE 4TH FLOOR this Tuesday at 7:30PM! Get tickets here or at the door. Oh, and a cake from a fan:

The Elephant and Piggie Tour was a whirlwind that included stores, libraries, schools, radio, TV, and Newspaper interviews. Most stops included a reading of TODAY I WILL FLY! by the Mo Willems Theatre Ensemble Troupe Reparatory Group Company (comprised of willing and unwilling audience members). But, as always the highlights of the tour were the cool drawings and stories I accumulated over

One of the things they neglect to tell you at author/illustrator school is that once your books come out you will be inundated with mail containing little pieces of cloth which you are meant to doodle upon for the good of some worthy local literary organization. They are quilt patches; meant to be assembled, displayed, and then sold as a fundraiser. I’ve been doing these things for a few years

From Jamie and Torin: My son and I saw the pigeon from your book on a NYC bus parked near the West Side Highway. We told it that it can not drive the bus, and slowly it hopped down from the driver side. I love New York!