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From last year's entry:   Many years ago someone posted on some website that I was, in fact, an Italian who was born on May 24. Consequently, I've been getting birthday wishes in my fan mail every May for years.  In the beginning, I had no idea why. Since most, but not all, Wiki-type sites have corrected this odd error, I have decided that May 24 is my eBirthday. (I even made the

In celebration of the upcoming picture book GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE DINOSAURS, the fun and informative GoMo.net site has been updated including a brand new spot the dinosaurs game! What are you doing here? Go check out all the fun! (and if you want Mo' fun, there's always PigeonPresents as well...phew!)

Many years ago someone posted on some website that I was, in fact, an Italian who was born on May 24. Consequently, I've been getting birthday wishes in my fan mail every May for years.  In the beginning, I had no idea why. Since most, but not all, Wiki-type sites have corrected this odd error, I have decided that May 24 is my eBirthday. (I even made the Adelaide, Australia's Horoscope today).

I've always said Trixie was a tough cookie, and now she is! Emily's Homemade Cookies now has Pigeon and Pals cookies and a Knuffle Bunny and Trixie set! Yum! Also, you might win FREE COOKIES FOR A YEAR! Also, if you're on a mobile device, the Pigeon Presents website has been reformatted for you! Check it.

No, that's not a stick figure being squashed by a lead-weighted ribbon. That's the logo for James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com site which has just started the Kiddo Awards Voting, where you get to choose your favorite book of the past year. I'm happy to say that CITY DOG, COUNTRY FROG is among the excellent nominees. So, drop by the site and vote your conscience, especially if it likes books

Knuffle Bunny Free finishes of a month on the New York Times Bestseller list at #5!A great thrill and always nice to be surrounded by pals Jon Muth and Lane Smith.Thanks, you.There's a new book fan website from Scholastic. If you're interested in the favorite books of myself or other folks, check out our "Book Prints" and put yours in, too.

As a frequent flyer, I can guarantee that Trixie and Knuffle Bunny's new Baggage Claim Game on GoMo.net is much, much, MUCH, more fun that the real thing. Your job is to pick 3 NOT silly things off of the carousel. We were going to put a part in there where no luggage whatsoever comes out for half an hour, but went with the silly stuff instead.So, go play and poke around the site for mo' fun

Just on the heels of the publication of Cat the Cat's WHAT'S YOUR SOUND, HOUND THE HOUND? yesterday, Cat the Cat's awesome website GoMo.net has been updated with lots of cool stuff!You can download a teachers guide, check out the cover of the upcoming Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion and there's a brand new video page including this new video where I demonstrate how to draw Cat the Cat

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I'm winging my way to Pittsburgh and Dallas. Hope to see you if you're in the area.*While I'm gone, I encourage you to be some of the first to visit Cat the Cat's fabulous new web home at GoMo.net!Much like The Pigeon's site, Cat the Cat's is filled with fun like: games, book info, a kid's gallery, info for grown ups, downloadables for parents and teachers, tour info, even a video of me, Cat the

An super-odd assortment of pals and other folks encourage you to give a book this holiday season. And we all do it without the slightest hint of conflict of interest. J'accuse, moi! Although it is very cool to be included in a video with Jeff Smith. HE rocks!

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

Thanks to a great deal of hard work by my pals at Hyperion (especially Nellie and Zat!), yesterday's simulcast from the studio to schools and libraries around the country was a success. We reached literally TONS of kids, answered questions, showed a documentary, read the brand new Pigs Make Me Sneeze! and Big Frog Can't Fit In!, made drawings, and talked on a pretend phone.Events like this don't

The countdown begins:When we announced our live studio simulcast a few months back, the requests started pouring in. Due to bandwidth limitations, our cut-off was 200 schools and/or libraries.I thought it would be mostly schools, but luckily quite a few public libraries signed up, which means that if you live near by, you should be able to join in the fun on OCTOBER 6TH AT 2PM EST.This is a

Pal and National Ambassador for Children's Literature Jon Scieszka just unveiled the brand new GuysRead.com, filled with guys reading and things for guys to read and guys and reading and stuff.It's cool.You can check out some writer guys favorite books, including mine, find books and do guy stuff.Cool.[Please note, gals invited, even if they live in little houses on the prairie...]

In addition to doing rockin' animation for me over the years like this and this and this...Pete does this when he goes to Egypt:Dude!Pete's currently animating The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog! for release next year.

Yowzer! Elephant and Piggie's Elephants Cannot Dance! clings onto the NYTimes Bestseller list for its 8th week at #9. Thanks to you, that is.Also, the fine folks at First Book have asked a bunch of celebs and writer-types "What book got you hooked?"* You can check out the gazillion answers here and see who else dug Peanuts as a kid...[*I love the idea of being 'hooked' on reading. I suppose

If you couldn't make it to this year's National Library Drill Cart Competition, the magic of the Information Super Highway brings it to your home...1st place:2nd place:3rd place:Please note that if myself and Jon Scieszka are incomprehensible on tape that's because we were incomprehensible in real life. It's our schtick.Rock on.

To Chicago for the American Librarian Association convention. I'll be speaking at the Art Institute, signing, hosting a library cart competition, running into pals, and accepting the 2009 Geisel Medal for Elephant and Piggie's Are You Ready To Play Outside?My schedule is here.While I won't be able to recap anything until I get back from Chicago next week, the Pigeon will be tweeting (coo-ing?)

Those of you in the Mo Know are aware that I'll be hoofing it to Chicago late this week for the American Library Association convention and a public appearance at the Chicago Art Institute.But here's news, my frustrated creation, The Pigeon will also be flying in and Twittering (Tweeting? Twirping? Ranting?) live from the convention.Frankly, I don't quite know how all of this works, but starting

It seems someone has gathered all of the mentions of Shrimpola Cola in my late, unlamented animated series, Sheep in the Big City, and put them together.With the distance of years (and the refusal of CN to release the stuff on DVD) I'd forgotten just how insane that show was.*And this stuff wasn't the weirdest part of the show (yikes).Nor was this:Or this:*Not that I regret it; being a rapping

Previously, I mentioned the blogging poll of favorite picture books being run by Fuse 8 where fans of the form submitted their top 10 books of all time and Mme Fuse ran a countdown of the top 100. I was floored when Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale made it on the list, at number 10.Well, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! clocked in at #5.Zowie.I'm thrilled to have made the cut with fans twice

Those of you who visit blogs about kids books know that "The Blogger", otherwise known as Fuse 8, has been running down the top 100 picture books ranked from a reader poll of top 10s. It's been an interesting ride seeing which old classics rub shoulders with newer work. Remarkably enough, one of my books, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, has made the list, and more remarkable still at the

The fine folks over at Reading is Fundamental have started a Read with Kids Challenge that involves, uh, reading with kids!I actually read with my glasses, but what do I know?Precious little.The idea is that you join teams and log your reading and then something cool happens with US Air. More importantly, something cool will happen with you and your kid. You'll have great fun.Any-hoo, you can

For those of you who haven't had a chance to listen to my previously plugged, chatty interview on WAMC's the Roundtable a week or so back, I took some time from answering questions to teach you how to draw the Pigeon without looking at it.This lovely cartoon comes from Alice (long time listener, first time Pigeon drawerer) who'd never even heard of the Pigeon before she heard how to draw it... Read the rest of this post