Beccaning Call

LET ME DRIVE THE BUS!!

So in my evening browsing of Boingboing.net, there was an entry linking to this: Children's books that appeal to the inner scientist. Or something like that.

I scanned the graphic, saw some i knew, some i didn't, some with SHARKS (two, actually) and then this one caught my eye:



Such a cute little pigeon, i thought. But what could he possibly be doing on a bus?? Amazon.com to the rescue:

From School Library Journal:
(PreSchool-Grade 2) -- A brilliantly simple book that is absolutely true to life, as anyone who interacts with an obdurate three-year-old can attest. The bus driver has to leave for a while, and he makes one request of readers: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus." It's the height of common sense, but the driver clearly knows this determined pigeon and readers do not-yet. "Hey, can I drive the bus?" asks the bird, at first all sweet reason, and then, having clearly been told no by readers, he begins his ever-escalating, increasingly silly bargaining.

"I tell you what: I'll just steer," and "I never get to do anything," then "No fair! I bet your mom would let me." In a wonderfully expressive spread, the pigeon finally loses it, and, feathers flying and eyeballs popping, screams "LET ME DRIVE THE BUS!!!" in huge, scratchy, black-and-yellow capital letters.

The driver returns, and the pigeon leaves in a funk-until he spies a huge tractor trailer, and dares to dream again.

Maybe it's because i've spent a lot of time around little kids or maybe it's because i've become so used to laughing at will ferrell or stephen colbert when they're YELLING AT THE AUDIENCE but this is absolutely hilarious to me.

I'd love to see the illustrations in this book.

Best part of it is, there are MORE FUNNY BOOK COVERS:

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late (i.e. cranky, shifty-eyed pigeon.)

The Pigeon Has Feelings Too! (i.e. emo pigeon)

According to good ol' Wiki, Mo Willems worked for Seasame Street from 1993-2002. Good stuff.

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posted by Becca @ 1:19 AM