While I was away in California I received a gift of books for my birthday. I wasn’t asked to write a review of them but the opinions in this post are 100% my own and the links go off site. The books were from the Pigeon series by Mo Willems. I received the It’s a Busload of Pigeon Books! boxed set of three classic classic Pigeon titles. I had never read any of these books before, they are 10 years old and 10 years ago we didn’t have any kids to read these stories to so they were not part of our library. I’m glad that now they are part of our library. The thing is, I should not have read them to Eva before bedtime.

Why?

Well, the books are so funny that they had Eva in complete stitches while we read them and then in tears when we told her that it was time to stop reading and go to bed. She literally had tears in her eyes and was so upset until I read her Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! a second time. This is right after we both took photos of her crying because it was so laughable. I think she learned a few lessons on manipulation from the Pigeon after just hearing the books once. Before the meltdown we had read her Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! and Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!. Each book was very funny.

I was so impressed with how much Mo Willems was able to convey with very simple illustrations. The Pigeon is pretty much a bunch of simple shapes but through great expressions and funny dialog so much humor and emotion is conveyed.

Eva enjoyed the books so much that she read them all to herself the next morning. I think these books will soon become classics in our home after all. Continue reading Don’t Read Pigeon Books Before Bed →