I suppose an Edward Gorey influence snuck up in this series of somewhat grim jokes. I’ve always enjoyed Mr.Gorey’s work.But it’s more likely that this book came from a reaction to overworking. I’d spent so many years drawing little kids at all hours of the day and night and on weekends, both for my work on Nickelodeon and on Sesame Street, and now was starting up production of Sheep in the Big City for Cartoon Network. I was so tired of rendering jolly round-headed scamps that my subconscious just wanted to kill them. Which it did in this volume. A side note: “The Lucky Penny” is one of my favorite short stories. – Mo Willems
Original Artworks
Do Not Pin Your Hopes on a Wish, You May Be Disappointed
. . . Always Offer Someone Else the First Piece of Cake, It Might Be Poisoned
One Day, a Boy Found a Penny
My Lucky Penny
Just Overhead, a Man What Playing a Piano
Suddenly, the Plane Hit a Patch of Turbulence
The Piano Fell
The Lucky Penny Wasn’t Even Scratched
