Mo Willems is one of my favorite authors! When we got a whole bunch of Elephant and Piggie and Pigeon books for my small school libraries this year, I decided to celebrate Mo in the author spotlight!
I got the information about Mo's life from this book Mo Willems: Award-Winning Children's Author and Animator (Britannica Beginner Bios). The facts are written on different colored pigeons with speech bubbles. I bought the Elephant, Gerald, and Pigeon stuffed animals at Kohls.
We had so much fun celebrating Mo with read alouds from his books, readers theater, and other fun activities.
I made a large (poster sized) Elephant and Piggie with a cut out for the students to put their heads through. Every student that wanted a picture got to take one as Elephant or Piggie (with the speech bubble caption, "we are in a book!")
The kids also had a blast playing Pin the Tail on the Pigeon!
