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Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!

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Mo Willems, #1 New York Times best-selling creator and three-time Caldecott Honoree, presents a bedtime Pigeon adventure.

It’s getting dark, but the Pigeon won’t go to bed! Will YOU let him stay up late? As usual, the Pigeon has plenty of reasons he isn’t ready for bedtime. But as night falls, *yawn*, even the Pigeon can’t resist a little sleep.

Say “no!” to all the Pigeon books!

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
The Pigeon Will Ride the Rollercoaster!
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!

For Mo’ amazing books, check out these other great series:

Knuffle Bunny
Elephant & Piggie
Unlimited Squirrels

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ISBN-13:	9780786837465
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/2006
Series:	Mo Willems's Pigeon Series
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	9,510
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

#1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!, KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE, and KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A TALE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY) and his acclaimed Elephant and Piggie early reader series received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009. He lives with his wife and daughter in Western Massachusetts.

#1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!, KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE, and KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A TALE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY) and his acclaimed Elephant and Piggie early reader series received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009. He lives with his wife and daughter in Western Massachusetts.

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Riding the Roller Coaster of Life with Mo Willem’s Pigeon.

Life is tricky. You could argue that, but why? Do you have that much free time? You do? Oh. Okay, we’ll just pretend that TBR pile in the corner doesn’t exist. Over here though, we don’t have time to argue about whether life is tricky. Of course, it is! It’s so tricky, in fact, that […]

Let's face it: Toddlers don't want to go to bed. Neither does the very stubborn insomniac pigeonwho stars in this adorable picture book. Any reader who has ever bargained for "just one more video" before bedtime can identify with the sly hero of this funny interactive story.

PreS-Gr 2-The star of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hyperion, 2003) returns in another irresistible tale. Hurrying away to brush his teeth, the pajama-clad bus driver implores readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Youngsters are thrust into the role of caregiver as the puerile pigeon attempts to talk his way out of the inevitable, coming up with requests that range from manipulative ("I hear there's a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational") to cajoling ("Y'know, we never get to talk anymore. Tell me about your day-") to classic ("Can I have a glass of water?"). Meanwhile, the fowl fights yawns and tries to keep his wide eye open, despite a drooping lid. Defying drowsiness to the last, he finally falls asleep, clutching his stuffed bunny tightly under his wing. Set against comfortably faded pastel backgrounds, the cartoon artwork focuses tightly on the main character, with his comments presented in dialogue balloons. The black-crayon lines speak volumes, as the pigeon's body language and the positioning of his ever-expressive eye humorously convey each nuance of the text. Children will be charmed by this bedtime treat, which will have them laughing out loud at the pigeon-and at themselves.-Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

The pigeon with Attitude is back, trying every persuasive trick in his arsenal to convince readers to let him stay up late. After his 2004 outing with the hot dog, the presentation reverts to the original direct-address format, the pajama-clad bus driver asking readers to take care of things while he brushes his teeth. The pigeon ("First of all, I'm not even tired!") alternates bombast with plaintiveness as the page backgrounds change from the familiar dusty pink to a deep, restful blue. The inevitable end is never in doubt, as our persistent hero fights off yawn after colossal yawn, increasingly bleary-eyed despite his determination to stay up late. Readers will easily recognize themselves in the pigeon, even as they will delight in sending him to bed-the fact that he sleeps with a stuffed knuffle bunny will add to the intertextual fun. If this offering necessarily lacks the freshness of the original, its wholehearted sense of fun more than makes up for any hint of formula. Sure to provide excuses to stay up late ("C'mon! What's five minutes in the grand scheme of things?") to countless giggling kids. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews

Mo Willems's willful pigeon is back, and this time listeners are asked to make sure he doesn’t stay up late. A litany of pigeonly protestations will sound familiar to those with their own sleep-resisting offspring: "I’m not tired”; “I wasn’t yawning, I was just stretching”; “we never get to talk anymore”; “tell me about your day . . .” This timeless subject will amuse listeners, and Mo Willems’s dramatization of the pigeon trying ever so hard to avoid going to bed is comic and delightful. As the increasingly tired pigeon launches each new argument against bedtime, different solo instruments provide droll-sounding musical commentaries, which are funny in their own right. This production will inspire contented bedtime smiles from parents and children alike. J.C.G. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2011 - AudioFile

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