Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), 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. The celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let's Go for a Drive! and A Big Guy Took My Ball!).
Tony DiTerlizzi (www.diterlizzi.com), a
number-oneNew York Times best-selling author and illustrator,
created the middle-grade series The Spiderwick Chronicles with
Holly Black, which has sold millions of copies, been translated
into more than 30 languages and made into a feature film. He won a
Caldecott Honor for illustrating The Spider & The Fly, and in 2014
he teamed up with Lucasfilm to retell the original Star Wars
trilogy in a picture book featuring artwork by Academy
award-winning concept artist, Ralph McQuarrie. He lives in Amherst,
Massachusetts with his wife, daughter and dog, Mimi.
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