Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either. Randy White [he/him] (Director) was founding Artistic Director of Cardinal Stage in Bloomington, IN., where he inaugurated the “Cardinal for Kids” series. In NYC, he directed Theatreworks USA’s Max and Ruby, (off-Broadway/national tour), Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel, assisted on Disney’s The Lion King, etc. He has directed at many regional theaters and universities. In Chicago, Randy directed The Wizard of Oz at the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka, and Curious George and Knuffle Bunny at Northbrook Theatre. For the Greenhouse, he directed Truman and The Birth of Israel and was nominated for an Equity Jeff Award for his critically acclaimed production of Midsummer (A Play with Songs). He also directed YPT’s inaugural production of Knuffle Bunny. Would you like to see your material in posts like this one? A great way to do so is to participate in our Linky Parties. For directions on how to link up, write to us. 😉 In Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, a bus driver begins the story by expressing to readers the importance of not letting the pigeon drive the bus while he is gone. However, the persuasive pigeon spends the entirety of the book trying to talk us into letting him drive the bus.

Can you name a time when you saw someone or a group of people do something mean? Did you blame them? Why or why not? What are some good and bad reasons to be convinced to let someone do something? Is feeling bad for them a good or bad reason? Is being scared of them a good or bad reason? I have read many books by Mo Willems that have been honored with the Caldecott Honor award, which included the “Knuffle Bunny” series. Now I have recently read “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” which is actually Mo Willems’ first children’s book and is a Caldecott Honor book and it is about how the Pigeon keeps asking the audience if he could drive the bus after the bus driver leaves to run an errand. “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” is truly a memorable book that children can read over and over again! New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale.Horowitz, A.; Shea, A. (December 30, 2011). "Story Time, Debunked". New York Times . Retrieved December 31, 2011. I do not like the artwork of Mo Willems. He did the Elephant and Piggie series and I didn’t like that series. Now, the kids did like it. I went into this with dread, I’ll be honest. Tamsen Glaser (Bus Engine) is making her YPT debut! Chicago credits: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Victory Gardens, Northlight Theatre, Haven Chicago, Red Tape Theater, & Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Company. Regional credits: Seattle Repertory Theatre. TV credits: Shining Girls (Apple TV), neXt (Fox), Chicago Med& Chicago Fire (NBC). Film credits: A Christmas Winter Song (Lifetime). She holds an MFA from the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program and degrees in Acting & Vocal Performance from Western Michigan University. She is proudly represented by DDO Chicago. What a lesson for kids. Peer pressure. Bad attitudes. Silliness. Safety. Keeping quiet. All the things to show why it's good not to 'give in' to someone just because they try to get you to do something. The story is simple, and delightful to children. A bus driver asks the reader (or at least the person the reader is reading to) to keep a pigeon from driving his bus. The pigeon will use all of his guile to convince you to allow it to drive the bus. The reader must be resolute and tell it no.

Make a new version of this story based on a similar title, e.g. “Don’t Let the Pigeon Steer the Ship!” or “Don’t Let the Pigeon Control the Steamroller”. Should we punish the pigeon if he drives the bus and kills someone? If so, what should be the punishment? What about the bus driver: should he be punished? How about us, if we let the pigeon drive? 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] Wow! I never would have thought that a book a pigeon just asking the audience if he can drive the bus throughout the book would be so interesting to read! Mo Willems has done an awesome job at both illustrating and writing this book about the pigeon asking everyone if he could drive the bus. What I found so interesting about this book was the fact that the only illustrations shown in this book were mainly of a blue pigeon and a bus driver in a grey and green uniform who only shows up at the beginning and end of the book, but Mo Williems did a great job at making this book extremely hilarious by giving out different expressions for the pigeon which ranges from excitement to anger. Mo Williem’s writing is extremely simple yet witty at the same time as it goes to show that you do not have to have long sentences to make a great book! What I really loved about Mo Williems’ writing is the dialogue that the Pigeon is given as it is hilarious and witty to listen to and my favorite quotes from the pigeon were, “Pigeon at the Wheel!” and “No? I never get to do anything!” Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation.

Questions for Philosophical Discussion

BUT WHEN THE BUS DRIVER IS RUNNING LATE (GASP!), PIGEON BELIEVES HIS DREAM TO DRIVE THE BUS MIGHT ACTUALLY COME TRUE! urn:lcp:dontletpigeondri00will_0:epub:1e7cda72-6651-4423-afa9-09506f30f745 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier dontletpigeondri00will_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6n02bz37 Isbn 9780786819881 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.

There are a number of books about this pigeon. Could you write your own story in which he is the main character? Can you think of times when it is good to allow yourself to be convinced of something? Why is it good? If the pigeon grabbed the bus wheel, what should we do? Then: would it be our fault if he hurt someone? 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. PMID 21965161. S2CID 14994429.Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.6 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Openlibrary OL23270458M Openlibrary_edition