Audio Clip: Mo Willems Talks ‘Elephant and Piggie’
Animator, author, illustrator, “Barack Obama of Children’s Lit”, and generally creative guy Mo Willems was recently interviewed on NPR discussing his easy-reader series “Elephant and Piggie”. Two new titles were just released: “I Love My New Toy!“, and “I Will Surprise My Friend!“. But is it an “easy reader” or “hard writer” series? Click the play button below to listen and decide.
[5 min. 48 sec.]
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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