Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!  
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Author(s) Mo Willems
Cover artist Mo Willems
Language English
Genre(s) Children's books
picture books
Publisher Hyperion Press
Publication date 2003
Pages 36
ISBN 9780786819881
OCLC Number 51815360
Dewey Decimal [E] 22
LC Classification PZ7.W65535 Dj 2003

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is a children's picture book by Mo Willems. Released by Hyperion Press in 2003, it was Willems' first book for children, and received the Caldecott Honor.[1] The plot is about a bus driver who has to leave so he asks the reader to watch the Pigeon. The pigeon tries many excuses and tries to finagle readers into letting him drive the bus. An animated adaptation of the book won the 2010 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.[2]

Contents

Sequels

Willems has created further books about the Pigeon's adventures:

  • The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! (2004)
  • Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (2006)
  • The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! (2008)
  • The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? (2012)[3]

Board books

  • The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (2005)
  • The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! (2005)

Cameo appearances by the Pigeon can also be found in Willems's Knuffle Bunny, Elephant and Piggie, and Cat the Cat book series.

Reception

In addition to the Caldecott Honor, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was an American Library Association Notable Book, a National Council for Teachers of English Notable Book, and a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book.[4] The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! is a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.[5] Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! is a Parenting Magazine Best Book.[6] The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! is the 2009 Children’s Choice Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year.[7]

Each of the four of the standard-format Pigeon books have been on the New York Times best-seller list.

References

  1. ^ 2004 Caldecott Medal Honors
  2. ^ Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video winners, 1991 to present
  3. ^ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110606006125/en/Disney-Publishing-Worldwide-Publish-Duckling-Cookie!-Mo
  4. ^ http://www.pigeonpresents.com/book-info.aspx?bid=14
  5. ^ http://www.pigeonpresents.com/book-info.aspx?bid=15
  6. ^ http://www.pigeonpresents.com/book-info.aspx?bid=16
  7. ^ http://www.pigeonpresents.com/book-info.aspx?bid=33

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