![]() ![]() Career Īfter graduating from Tisch, Willems spent a year traveling around the world drawing a cartoon every day, all of which have been published in the book You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons. So when the adults laughed he knew his story was good and if the adults still gave polite comments then he knew his story was bad. He knew that even polite adults could not fake a laugh. To fix this dilemma Willems started writing funny stories. However, he was disappointed when adults would praise his work out of politeness. Willems enjoyed writing stories about his characters to share with others. ![]() When he was 3 or 4 he started to draw and create his own characters. ![]() Willems first became interested in cartoon art when he was just a child. He graduated cum laude from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Willems was born in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois and was raised in New Orleans, where he graduated from Trinity Episcopal School and the Isidore Newman School. His work includes creating the animated television series Sheep in the Big City for Cartoon Network, working on Sesame Street and The Off-Beats, and creating the popular children's book series Elephant and Piggie. Mo Willems (born February 11, 1968) is an American writer, animator, voice actor, and children's book author. ![]()
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