Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity.) Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. Mo’s celebrated Elephant and Piggie early reader series has been awarded two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals (for There is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) and five Geisel Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk! Let’s Go For a Drive!, A Big Guy Took My Ball, and Waiting Is Not Easy!) In 2019, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC named Mo the first-ever Education Artist-in -Residence. Mo began his career as a writer and animator on Sesame Street, where he garnered six Emmy awards.