Mo Willems is on the road promoting The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, and I was able to go see him this afternoon at Wild Rumpus bookstore in Minneapolis (thank you freelancing!). My favorite book of all time is his Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. (It combines two of my favorite things: pigeons and public transportation!)

Mo had the air of someone who’s had to tolerate too many children, too many times in the last few weeks.

There were a LOT of children there.

He managed to put a good deal of gravitas into this scene where the pigeon actually encounters a real puppy face-to-face.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!”

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

Then it was time to learn how to draw the pigeon!!

Beat that, kids.

Lots of aspiring pigeon artists!!

They probably won’t grow up to hate pigeons, like so many of my generation.

YAY MO!!!!

And finally, the autograph! He knew I rocked! Just by looking at me!

I was going to ask him if he knew about National Pigeon Day, June 13th, but I forgot. Because he said, “I’m just going to write ‘Colleen Rocks’. Is that okay?”

I said, “That’s awesome.”

Heh.