Mo Willems
Hardcover | Pages: 40 pages Rating: 4.3 | 75202 Users | 3682 Reviews
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| Title | : | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Pigeon) |
| Author | : | Mo Willems |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 40 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2004 by Walker Books Ltd (first published April 1st 2003) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Humor. Fiction. Animals. Storytime. Fantasy |
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When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place—a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate. In his hilarious picture book debut, popular cartoonist Mo Willems perfectly captures a preschooler's temper tantrum.Particularize Books Concering Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Pigeon)
| Original Title: | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus |
| ISBN: | 1844280136 (ISBN13: 9781844280131) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Pigeon |
| Characters: | The Pigeon |
| Literary Awards: | Caldecott Medal Nominee (2004), Kentucky Bluegrass Award for K-2 (2005), Charlotte Zolotow Award Nominee (2004), Vermont's Picture Book Awards: Red Clover (2005), South Carolina Book Award for Picture Book Award (2006) Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (2005), Golden Archer Award for Primary (2005), Buckaroo Book Award (2004), Indies Choice Book Award for Picture Book Hall of Fame (2009), CLEL Silver Bell Award Nominee for Talk (2013) |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 75202 Users | 3682 ReviewsArticle Based On Books Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Pigeon)
My 6-year old nephew is learning English, and I bet he's going to love this book... Or not, because it's too close to home... He's just like that little pigeon, all polite and begging when he wants something, and if you say 'no', he'll explode... But he's a darling, really.Anyways, great book to read out loud to little kids.Willems takes advantage of every page in this story of a pigeon who really really (really) wants to drive the bus. Every page -- the title page, the endpapers. Even the copyright page says "all rights reserved for humans, not pigeons." The artwork is nice, a combination of thick black outlines textured as if drawn with a colored pencil, and smooth ink filling the outlines. Minimalistic, but gets the job done. Unlike pigeon (who doesn't get to drive the bus).
Sorry, OKAY? I'm sure that many readers can make well-thought analyzes of this book but : 1) I kinda hate that freaking pigeon. UGHH so annoying, I swear. 2) I must have read it wrong : I don't see the point at all except making children yell NO!! I mean, good for you, but in my experience, it's not something that hard to achieve now is it? There are books way more interesting that get the readers involved.3) I must have seen the pictures wrong, because I thought that they were pretty awful, and
This is one of these books that you start laughing when you read the title. The rest of the story is still over the top cutely ridiculous. The children must not be convinced by the devious pigeon and let it drive the bus when the bus driver takes a break.And I have to say that this kind of books are equally enjoyable for both my child and myself!
I suppose I need to find a small child to read this one with because I just don't get it. But I can now cross one more off of the hundred best children's books list.
As part of a Children's Readathon on my blog in August 2018, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems was selected as one of the award-winning books to read. It took home the Caldecott Honor Award in 2004. Since I'd just finished my children's education courses in college right before then, I never had a chance to read this one. It was a first-time experience thanks to the lovely Nina @ The Cozy Pages; she suggested this wonderful book.A pigeon driving a bus? Well.. it's very cute and
A short but snappy story from popular cartoonist Mo Willems. 'Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus' is guaranteed to leave you with a big smile on your face! I am not ashamed to say that this story brought out the dramatist in me as I read it out loud to a mother and toddler group! The best part had to be the glorious double page spread of illustrations showing all of the pigeon's techniques to convince you to let him drive the bus... "Your MUM said that I could...", "I'll give you five pounds!"
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