Have you met the pigeon yet?
My girls (Heather and Bethany and I are always looking for fun books. This one is one that Heather found at a garage sale and showed to us. If you love pigeons, like birds or even like humor, this is it. This book is too funny! Not only that, consider it rather amusing that it has won the prestigious Caldecott Award... given for... (look at the cover) ART!
That is kinda funny too.
Okay so there is a pigeon, a bus and bus driver and the bus driver says, "Whatever you do, do not let the pigeon drive the bus." The pigeon does everything possible to get the reader to let him drive the bus, but being obedient to the bus driver and knowing that pigeons cannot drive buses we cannot help but get him to do what the bus driver said, and we do not let him do it. Try as he might, ... and he does try, very hard.
Why this book won the art award I do not know. If the book is good for toddlers to read and learn how to be a nuisance or why their mommies and daddies do not give in when they behave like the pigeon.. I do not know, I just know it is rather amusing.... and so, I mention it here on this blog.
And, if you do have this book, or simply find it at some yard sale someday, whatever you do, do not give in...
"Do not let the naughty, whiny pigeon drive the bus!"
1 comment:
As I recall, there are other Pigeon books - equally silly. Personally, I think this falls in the category of kids books for grown-ups, rather like a Sandra Boynton board book my husband gave me for last year's birthday. "What's Wrong, Little Pookie?" I proceeded to read it aloud to the entire family - none of whom were under 10 - and all enjoyed it. :-)
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