Awards, HonorsĪSIFA-East Awards for animation six Emmy awards for work on Sesame Street National Parenting Publications Award, 2003, for Time to Pee! Caldecott Honor Book citation, American Library Association, 2004, for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, and 2005, for Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Book Sense Book of the Year Children's Illustrated Honor Book designation, American Booksellers Association, 2006, for Leonardo, the Terrible Monster. Former member of Monkeysuit (comix collective), New York, NY. Commentator for British Broadcasting Corporation's BBC Radio, 1994-97. Short films have appeared on MTV, HBO, IFC, Tournee of Animation, and Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation. Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY, researcher, then script writer and animator for Sesame Street television series, 1994-2002 Nickelodeon, creator and director of animated series The Off-Beats, 1995-98 Cartoon Network, creator and director of animated series Sheep in the Big City, 2000-02, head writer of animated series Codename: Kids Next Door, 2002-03. Willems once again demonstrates his keen insight with a story both witty and wise. She went boneless.' The accompanying pictures comically corroborate the omniscient narrator's claim. We're going home.' An especially delicious scene finds the frustrated Trixie abandoning baby talk for action: 'Well, she had no choice. 'Aggle flaggle klabble!' she says when she finds Knuffle Bunny missing, and her well-intentioned but clueless father translates, 'That's right. Her wide-eyed enthusiasm about the world around her is matched only by her desperate attempts to communicate. But it's pre-verbal Trixie who steals the show. Willems renders the characters with Little Lulu–style pointed noses and their expressions are laugh-out-loud funny, from the hapless father's worried look as he and Trixie venture out to the Laundromat, to his roll-up-your-sleeves determination as he rescues the stuffed toy from the washing machine. His economical storytelling and deft skill with line lend the book its distinctive charm, while the endpapers mitigate anxiety by clueing in readers concerning the solution to Trixie's problem. ) creates an entertaining story for parents and children alike. In an innovative style that employs dappled black-and-white photographs of Brooklyn as backdrop to wickedly funny color cartoons, Willems ( Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

The plot is simple: Trixie loses bunny, finds bunny and then exuberantly says her first words-'Knuffle Bunny!!!' The fun comes from the details.

Any child who has ever had a favorite toy will identify with the toddler star of this tale.

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