1. The Pigeon Wants To Drive The Bus
2. Don T Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus Game
3. Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus Games For Kids

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is a children'spicture book by Mo Willems. Released by Disney-Hyperion 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 not allow the pigeon to drive the bus. The pigeon tries many excuses and tries to finagle readers into letting it drive the bus. An animated adaptation of the book won the 2010 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.^[2]

Sequels[edit]

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]
• Don't Let the Pigeon Finish this Activity Book! (2012)
• The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (2014)
• The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! (2019)

Board books[edit]

• 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[edit]

In addition to the Caldecott Honor, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is an American Library Association Notable Book, a National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book, a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book,^[4] and a South Carolina Picture Book Award winner^[5] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.'^[6] It was selected as one of the 'Top 100 Picture Books' of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.^[7]

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! is a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.^[8]Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! is a Parenting Magazine Best Book.^[9]The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! is the 2009 Children’s Choice Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year.^[10]

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

A 2011 scientific study entitled 'Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus' examined the ability of pigeons to solve the traveling salesperson problem by taking the shortest route to visit multiple feeders in a laboratory. The authors found that pigeons 'appeared to plan ahead multiple steps,' which provided 'clear and strong evidence that animals other than primates are capable of planning sophisticated travel routes.'^[11][12]

References[edit]

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. ^'Pigeon Presents!'. Pigeon Presents!. 2003-01-04. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
5. ^'Picture Book Award Nominees and Materials: Past Picture Book Award Winners'. scasl.net. South Carolina Association of School Librarians. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
6. ^National Education Association (2007). 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
7. ^Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). 'Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results'. School Library Journal 'A Fuse #8 Production' blog. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
8. ^'Pigeon Presents!'. Pigeon Presents!. 2005-01-09. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
9. ^'Pigeon Presents!'. Pigeon Presents!. 2006-01-05. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
10. ^'Pigeon Presents!'. Pigeon Presents!. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
11. ^Gibson, B.; Wilkinson, M.; Kelly, D. (October 1, 2011). 'Let the pigeon drive the bus: pigeons can plan future routes in a room'. Animal Cognition. 15 (3): 379–91. doi:10.1007/s10071-011-0463-9. PMID21965161.
12. ^Horowitz, A.; Shea, A. (December 30, 2011). 'Story Time, Debunked'. New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2011.

External links[edit]

1-2-3 Come Do Some Bus Safety Activities With Me

Do you read the story, 'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus' by Mo Willems? Click the book cover to see a cute YouTube video.
Because it’s a favorite of young children, I thought it would be fun to spice up bus safety with a pigeon. (Bus Safety With a Pigeon Packet)

If you don't read that story, or are just looking for some super-fun bus safety activities, I also made a matching packet with no bird. (Bus Safety Activities).
Listening to lots of rules can become tedious and boring for little ones, but playing a game, doing a center activity, or making a 'flip-the-flap' booklet, helps get the “you need to know this stuff” into a child’s head, in a hands-on way.
Both these packets includes a nice assortment of quick, easy and interesting activities, that help make learning about bus safety super-fun.
Since “National Bus Safety Month” is in October, I do a few of the activities the first few weeks of school, then others later in the fall, which is a nice review.

You can also plug them in the day before a field trip.
The packet includes:
* 24, “Do” & “Don’t” sorting cards for an independent center game.

There are 12, colorful cards on a one-page pattern to conserve paper and ink.

Simply print, laminate and trim. Children decide if the behavior pictured on the card is a do or don't rule, then place the cards under the correct do/don't header.

You can also pass the cards out to students, then have them show and share their card with the class, explaining the rule on the card.
* To whole-group assess comprehension, I designed a super-fun, Popsicle stick “puppet pal” craftivity.

There's a pigeon one for that packet, and a bus puppet pal in the other packet.

The pigeon is on a red circle for 'Stop! Don't' because of the 'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus'story.

The flip side of this paddle is a green circle (Green = 'Go! Do'.) Adding a wiggle eye provides the 'finishing touch'.

In the Bus Packet, the puppet pal features a happy & smiling bus on the 'Do!' side, and a bus filled with monsters (!) on the 'Don't' side.

I've included a list of 20+ statements for you to choose from, then read aloud. Students decide whether that statement is a 'Do' or a 'Don't' then flip their paddle accordingly.

My students absolutely LOVE this 'quiz game'. Plus, I can see at a glance who's having difficulty & make corrections.
* Another fun way to reinforce bus rules, is by making a “flip the flap” booklet.

There's a cute pigeon booklet for that packet, and a big bus for the other.

I kept the booklets short, with just 9 pages to choose from, which feature the graphics for some of the most important rules.

Children color the picture, then circle a 'Do' or 'Don't' word to describe what's going on in the graphic.

The pigeon's 'wing cover', flips open to reveal the pages, while the booklet for the bus, is on the 'windshield'.
* There’s also a set of 24, colorful graphic rule posters, which show the various “Do’s & Don’ts”for riding the bus. I printed mine on card stock then laminated.

Use them to introduce bus safety, then hang them on the wall; or... add the cover & last page ('No muss. No fuss.We know the rules for riding the bus!')and make a booklet with a split ring.
* The packet also includes some “paper praise” options: a slap bracelet, a bookmark, and a brag tag necklace, plus a “color me” bus safety certificate.

There are 10 bracelets on a one-page pattern for quick printing. Simply 'slap' a bracelet on a child's wrist with a piece of Scotch tape.

Making a bus safety necklace, provides fine motor practice, which helps strengthen finger muscles.

I cut up colorful plastic straws to use as dividers between pony beads. Both can be purchased at The Dollar Store.

This also practices counting as well as showing a pattern too. Plus studets really enjoy making them.

Hopefully, people will ask children about their necklace, giving them an opportunity to explain some of the bus safety that they learned, once again reinforcing the lesson.

The Pigeon Wants To Drive The Bus

There's also a 'High fives from ________ who knows bus safety' craft in the pigeon packet, which makes a sweet keepsake, as the bird's wing is a child's hand print.

There are two FREEBIES today. Both come from these new packets.

One is the 'Stop-Look and Listen'poster.

The other is the 'Stay Out of the Danger Zone'poster.

Don T Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus Game

In the packets, I've included matching worksheets. I truly believe that if a child colors the danger zone, they are more apt to know what and where it is, then follow that life-saving rule.

Well that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.

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As long as we have to be inside at school, we may as well have lovely fall weather.

Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus Games For Kids

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