About the author of I Will Surprise My Friend!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
Mo Willems is the author of groundbreaking picture books, including;Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale(Caldecott Honor winner 2004);Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!(Caldecott Honor winner 2003);Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!;Time to Say “Please”!; Leonardo, the Terrible Monster; Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct. He also wrote Today I will Fly!, My Friend Is Sad, There Is a Bird on Your Head, and I Am Invited to a Party!, the first books in this series. His celebrated Elephant & Piggie series has won two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals and five Geisel Honors.
Mo began his career as a writer and animator on Sesame Street,where he garnered six Emmy Awards.
