UPCOMING! November 4th, 2014 will see the release of Elephant and Piggie's newest adventure, WAITING IS NOT EASY! It sure isn't.  So.... APPEARANCES! Because waiting really, really is not easy, I'll be giving a sneak peek reading and signing of the new Elephant and Piggie adventure 2 days early! DON'T WAIT! Come on by: Sunday, November 2nd at the ERIC CARLE MUSEUM OF PICTURE

COMIX! One of the real fun things about my last year in Paris was being able to share sketches, gags, and photos from the trip on uclick as a comic strip called PARIS DOODLES. In fact, it was so fun, I've decided to keep sharing drawings and ideas on uclick with a new strip called FROM THE MO WILLEMS SKETCHBOOK.   I'll be sharing drawings from my sketchbook, dining room dinner doodles,

July & August are quiet months with no appearances or events scheduled.  But there are still fun things to chat about: COMIX! July is the last month of my sabbatical in Paris, France, drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called PARIS DOODLES . The strip runs drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and photos

COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called PARIS DOODLES . The strip runs drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and photos on weekdays.

COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called PARIS DOODLES . The strip runs drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and photos on weekdays.

BIRDth-DAY! April 1st marks the 11th anniversary of the publication of my first book, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Because of the support of Librarians, Teachers, Parents, Grand-Parents, and Fans the last 11 years have been a wonderful ride filled with opportunities for me to write, draw, and meet fantastic kids and grown-ups all over the world. Thank you for this gift.

 COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called PARIS DOODLES . The strip runs drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and photos on weekdays.

There is a bunch of fun things that are happening in February.  Please scroll down and have a gander. COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a

SUPER YAY! I received a call in the middle of the night informing me that Elephant and Piggie's A BIG GUY TOOK MY BALL! has garnered a 2014 Theordore Seuss Geisel Honor and I couldn't be happier. I love making E+P books and I'm touched and thrilled that librarians, who are on the front lines, reading and playing these books with kids, have deemed my efforts worthy of recognition.  Thanks

 COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called PARIS DOODLES . The strip runs drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and photos on weekdays.

COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the next year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called PARIS DOODLES . The strip runs drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and photos on weekdays.

Lots of fun planned for the month, including the premiere of my new musical at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC! COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the next year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a

Here are some great pumpkins & costumes culled from the twitter: Huzzah!  Have a great holiday! (Here are some from past years, if you want mo')

Lots of fun planned for the month, including a new book, twitter chat, and a series of appearances in Ireland! COMIX! I'm on sabbatical for the next year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a

I'm on sabbatical for the next year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   You can check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called Paris Doodles STARTING SEPTEMBER 2ND. The strip will run drawings, dining room dinner doodles, and

I'm off on sabbatical for the next year.  While I will be making various appearances in Europe and beyond, mostly I'll be spending time at the home base in Paris, France drawing and doodling.   Starting in September, you'll be able to check out my experiments over at Universal U-Click's GO COMICS for a comic-strip-doodle-thingie called Paris Doodles. As for this blog, I'll be posting monthly

Tickets to Elephant & Piggie's WE ARE IN A PLAY! opening this November at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC are now available for KC Members. Tickets go on sale to the general public on August 7th, 2013. I will be visiting for the opening weekend (mo' on that later). Unfortunately, the KC no longer does touring productions, so your chance to see the original

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Carle for my final gig last week.  The crowds were great and everyone seemed to have a good time. While we're busy at Knuffle Manor getting ready for our big trip, so exciting stuff has been happening at the studio. Thursday saw the release of MO...ON THE GO! a new game and drawing app that we've been working on for the better

As readers of this blog know, most nights we draw on our paper table cloth after dinner chez Willems.  We call it Dining Room Dinner Doodles. This summer we started a new roll of paper and for the first time it's not white, but brown.  Having colored paper has already changed our doodles as they've become more color based and painterly.  A painter lays down the color first, a cartoonist the line.

I'm back from attending the ALA convention in Chicago and pals during a quick beach break, but before I recap the past few weeks, a look to the future. photo: Misty Enright This Saturday, July 13th, I'll be appearing at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA.  As readers of the blog know, I was there a few weeks back to celebrate the opening of the Seriously Silly exhibit

I'm off to Chicago for some signings and appearances at the American Library Association's convention. It's always great fun bumping into old pals and meeting new fans. There should be some exciting news and announcements as well... Drop by if you're attending. The blog will be quiet for a bit as I'll be taking some time with family and

  The folks at Boston's NPR station, WBUR, have just posted a wide ranging interview about my work, career, inspriations, and why I hated circles.  It's also heavily illustrated.  Check it out here. Also, some nice news:   Elephant & Piggie's latest adventure, A BIG GUY TOOK MY BALL! spends it's 4th week on the New York Times Bestseller List at #3!   Thanks, you. And

Thanks to everyone who visited the R Michelson Galleries for the DON'T PIGEONHOLE ME! exhibit and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art for the SERIOUSLY SILLY exhibit. It was a crazy busy weekend with over a thousand folks at the 3 events I attended over the weekend. The staff and folks at the Michelson and the Carle were amazing as were the crowds.  Everyone was very, very nice.

Visitors to the blog will be aware that this weekend will see the opening of two big exhibitions of my work in Northampton and Amherst, MA. For those who don't, the details are here on the Eric Carle Museum blog. You can hear more about both shows in this fun radio interview with local DJ Bill Newman from yesterday. (tune in @ the 21 minute mark). You can also read about it in this nice

Collecting 20 years of annual sketchbooks of cartoons and stories (including the orginal incarnation of DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!), DON'T PIGEON HOLE ME! shows the evolution and experimentation of a beloved illustrators at his most personal, most raw, most Mo. I hope you enjoy this thick coffee table volume filled with 240 pages of comics, stories, ideas, and doodles.