Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus
Finally, a book to say “no” to! Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus takes the reader on a journey where they explore the persuasion of a mischievous pigeon who wants to drive a bus that is not his. The book starts off before the title page, where as soon as the book is opened, the pigeon is illustrated daydreaming about driving the bus. On the very next page, the bus driver is introduced and gives one task: don’t let the pigeon drive the bus! The pigeon shows up soon after and tries to convince the reader to let him drive the bus. He tries many persuasion techniques such as bribery, reliability, and downright annoyance. Keeping this in mind, understand that children enjoy stories that make them entertained. …show more content…
The most notable award for the picture book is the caldecott honor awarded in 2004. This award is the highest honor an artist can achieve for children’s book illustration. Other awards given to the book are the golden archer award for picture stories, flicker tale children’s book awards for picture books, south carolina childrens, junior and young adult book award for picture book, buckaroo book award for children’s, Kentucky bluegrass awards for grades k-2, and the red clover award for picture books. Along with the awards of the book, we need to realize that Mo Willems is the real mastermind behind it. He is trusted because according to hyperionchildrensbooks.com, the website on the back of the book, “Mo Willems id a 5- time Emmy Award- winning creator of Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City. This was his first book for children, Mo lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York”. Willems also wrote other iconic children’s books such as the Knuffle Bunny series, Elephant and Pig series, various recognizable solo books such as City Dog, Country Frog. And, of course, the rest of the pigeon series. This book has gotten many awards and shows that Mo Willems is a trusted
Finally, a book to say “no” to! Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus takes the reader on a journey where they explore the persuasion of a mischievous pigeon who wants to drive a bus that is not his. The book starts off before the title page, where as soon as the book is opened, the pigeon is illustrated daydreaming about driving the bus. On the very next page, the bus driver is introduced and gives one task: don’t let the pigeon drive the bus! The pigeon shows up soon after and tries to convince the reader to let him drive the bus. He tries many persuasion techniques such as bribery, reliability, and downright annoyance. Keeping this in mind, understand that children enjoy stories that make them entertained. …show more content…
The most notable award for the picture book is the caldecott honor awarded in 2004. This award is the highest honor an artist can achieve for children’s book illustration. Other awards given to the book are the golden archer award for picture stories, flicker tale children’s book awards for picture books, south carolina childrens, junior and young adult book award for picture book, buckaroo book award for children’s, Kentucky bluegrass awards for grades k-2, and the red clover award for picture books. Along with the awards of the book, we need to realize that Mo Willems is the real mastermind behind it. He is trusted because according to hyperionchildrensbooks.com, the website on the back of the book, “Mo Willems id a 5- time Emmy Award- winning creator of Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City. This was his first book for children, Mo lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York”. Willems also wrote other iconic children’s books such as the Knuffle Bunny series, Elephant and Pig series, various recognizable solo books such as City Dog, Country Frog. And, of course, the rest of the pigeon series. This book has gotten many awards and shows that Mo Willems is a trusted