![]() ![]() ![]() And then some of those seeds will become invasive and they'll just sort of choke up your whole garden of ideas and that's not fun. And you draw and you draw it over time and slowly, some of those seeds will grow and die. Mo Willems: And so the way to make a book or a story is to have the tiniest inkling of an idea and then to plant it and you plant it in a notebook and in that notebook you move it around and you see what it needs, what sort of nutrients will help it. And then you go out and you get them and you grab them and you bring them back. People tend to think that ideas are things like diamonds. Mo Willems: Well, Leah, that's a very good question and I'm afraid you may not like the answer because ideas are not things you get. ![]() Grace Lin: She asks, Where do you get your ideas? ![]() Grace Lin: Well, today's question is from a young girl named Leah. Mo Willems: Ah, yeah, I sure hope I get to go to the bonus round. Mo Willems: Hi, how are you, Grace? Good. Today, I'm here with Mo Willems, the author and illustrator of the Elephant and Piggy books and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Grace Lin: Hello, I'm Grace Lin children's book author and illustrator of many books including the middle grade novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and the picture book a Big Mooncake for Little Star. Welcome to Episode 9! Where do you get your ideas? Please join us with author Mo Willems. ![]()
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