willems is now the kennedy center's first educati-aist- in-residence, making music, art with the pigeonusical. >> there grown adults playingwid screaming and running around. hopelly that's goi to engender notust laughs onn stage, but we kids go home the grown ups will pick up a stuffed animal and pretendpehat it's a pand start to be silly again. i'm more interested in sparking some sort of creativity, some type of joy. that happens after the show,af r the performance. after you read the book. >> reporter: is that why the drawings are so simple? >> absolutely. fery one of my characters is designed so thate year old can reproduce it. i want my books to be played, not just read. the most important part of the book, the hearof the book, is the audience reacting to what i've splattered on the page. >> reporter: and by audience you don't just mean the kid. you mean the pent or grandparent who's reading it. >> absolutely. >> reporter: acting it out. the voices. >> i need u. you are my orchestra, right? and if i write a book called happy bunny had a happy time in it.py land, you're going to rea