Mo Willems

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Mo Willems — page 1 — MO WILLEMS AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S AUTHOR AND ANIMATOR CHAPTER ONE 4 PASSION AND PERSISTENCE Mo Willems is the creator of many successful children’s books He is the mind behind such popular characters as the Pigeon Knufﬂe Bunny and Elephant and Piggie He is a gifted artist and Mo Willems enjoys reading his books out loud This book is Leonardo the Terrible Monster

Mo Willems — page 2 — 5 PASSION AND PERSISTENCE a funny person How ever Willems needed other qualities to have such well-loved char acters make the leap from his imagination to a ﬁnished book He had passion He had PERSISTENCE Willems had always loved drawing He really wanted to write words to go with his PERSISTENCE means sticking to a goal and not giving up Vocabulary Box Doodling helps an artist develop ideas Sometimes it takes lots of doodles to figure out what a picture will be

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