Details
- ISBN 9781844285136 / 1844285138
- Title Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
- Author Mo Willems
- Category Picture Books
- Format Paperback
- Year 2004
- Publisher Walker Books Ltd
- Imprint Walker Books Ltd
- Language English
- Dimensions 230mm x 230mm x 231mm
When the driver leaves the bus temporarily, he gives the reader just one instruction: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" But, boy, that pigeon tries every trick in the book to get in that driving seat: he whines, wheedles, fibs and flatters. Will you let him drive? Told entirely in speech bubble
Six-time Emmy Award Winner and Caldecott Honor recipient Mo Willems spent nine years as a script-writer and animator for “Sesame Street”. With over 100 short films and television half-hours to his credit, Mo's distinctive animated films have been shown in festivals around the world and been translated into a myriad of languages. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
Staff Reviews
- 26 Nov
The Pigeon is every child who ever wanted anything so bad they’d just die if they didn’t get it. We’ve all either heard, or used that line before. The book is introduced by the bus driver, who has to go over there for a bit, to do a thing, and could you please keep an eye on the pigeon who really, really, really wants to drive it, because he’s not allowed to. Enter the pigeon, who tries every trick in the book (and I’ve used a few of those myself too) to get into that bus. I love the illustrations; Mo Willems can do an awful lot with a few black lines and a couple of colours, and they do a good job of showing pigeon’s expressions throughout. The whole series of Pigeon books are genius, but this is perhaps my favourite. There is a little pigeon in all of us after all.
Reviewed By Matthew @ The Nile
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