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Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (Pigeon #2)
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Mo Willems
PreSchool-Grade 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 w...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
April 1st 2006
by Hyperion Books for Children
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Hahah! The pigeon is absolutely hilarous, my favorite part is when the pigeon is stalling and all of a sudden says, "tell me about your day..." nice try pigeon.
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (Pigeon #2) by Mo Willems is a humorous look at anyone who begs to stay up late, even when it's obviously bedtime.
The story begins with the pajama-clad bus driver imploring readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Pigeon proceeds to cajole, manipulate, persuade and beg to stay up late. Pigeon makes up lots of excuses and has silly ideas. As he does, however, yawns keep escaping from him, until finally Pigeon dozes off, clutching his st...more
The story begins with the pajama-clad bus driver imploring readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Pigeon proceeds to cajole, manipulate, persuade and beg to stay up late. Pigeon makes up lots of excuses and has silly ideas. As he does, however, yawns keep escaping from him, until finally Pigeon dozes off, clutching his st...more
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We LOVED this book! Maybe because it totally reminds us of a 4 year old we know! So perfect for bedtime! We often refer to the pigeon now when a certain girl's bedtime routine is getting more and more dragged out! She just laughs, but it helped her to have a better understanding of what she is actually doing (delaying having to go to bed)! Plus, it is just hilarious!
All the sneaky tricks kids pull to stay up late, the pigeon tries in this book. "Tell me about your day" or trying to watch a show on tv about birds, "Should be very educational." But the pigeon's tiredness sneaks in and he(?) can't help but himself and yawns himself away to sleep.
I happened to have this book (along with The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog) laying around my house and my boyfriend read them while I was getting ready one evening. His response: "I was expecting a boring children's book, but these are really entertaining." And I think that kind of sums the awesomeness that is Mo Willems up nicely. Even someone who isn't really into "kid" things or doesn't have a child can enjoy them. The Pigeon is just hilarious. I think this would be a great bedti...more
Take notes, kids! (These tactics might work for you, even if Pigeon didn't get his way.)
I adore the pigeon books by Mo Willems. This is one of my favorites. I love how the excuses and reasons children give parents and babysitters is said in the book in the pigeons attempts to stay up late! Children will laugh at the pigeon because they recognize the behaviors i themselves. These books are wonderful ways to let students use creative writing with speech bubbles. Instead of story during writing, allow students to tell a story through speech bubbles. Let them even try to create their o...more
I can definitely see the value of this book - particularly for kiddos who fight bedtime. It's just that I was really tickled by Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, but I found this one a little tedious. It seems to me that people seem to like whichever pigeon book they read first. So, I think any problems I had with this one aren't really the fault of the book. I think both books do a fine job of holding up a mirror for stubborn preschoolers - providing them with a little self awareness and ...more
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We love Mo Willems' Piggie and Elephant (and Knuffle Bunny) books, which are superb beginning readers. We read them very often. In loud voices. Dramatically. We trade off reading the parts and sometimes we have to get up and act out scenes. So when 6-year-old came home and said we HAD to get Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, we did.
This book is very funny. The pigeon's sly looks crack us all up. The kids especially love playing the parent in this book. I get to be the pigeon, begging...more
This book is very funny. The pigeon's sly looks crack us all up. The kids especially love playing the parent in this book. I get to be the pigeon, begging...more
Another copy of the bus one. Not as good.
hi-yi-yi-yi-yi silly silly funny funy
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As I have said before in my reviews, I LOVE the Pigeon books! This book will be loved by both parents and children! The age old argument of not wanting to go to bed early is showcased, in a hilarious way, in this book! Mo Willems really captures what most children feel and say when they actually are tired but do not want to admit it's time to go to bed! The funny reasons that the Pigeon gives for not wanting to go to sleep will keep you laughing and especially the ending when when he falls aslee...more
A single joke is spread out for an entire story, as Pigeon begs, pleads, and cajoles to avoid turning into bed for the night. I imagine this might be amusing to a parent who has had to put a keyed-up preschooler to bed, but for all others, it gets a bit tiring.
Like all of the Pigeon books, the illustration style is done in a childish doodle.
Veg*n parents alert: The Pigeon series continues its reoccurring theme of hot dogs in this book, as Pigeon is shown dreaming about s...more
Like all of the Pigeon books, the illustration style is done in a childish doodle.
Veg*n parents alert: The Pigeon series continues its reoccurring theme of hot dogs in this book, as Pigeon is shown dreaming about s...more
Of all of Mo's picture books, I like the Pigeon books best. I appreciated Knuffle Bunny, but the students don't respond to it in the same way they engage and interact with pigeon books. In this book, the pigeon negotiates to stay up late. The pigeon's negotiations are fairly familiar to anyone who has ever negotiated with a preschooler at bedtime. I purchased this during one of Mo's speaking visits to Oregon. If you've done an interactive with Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, offer this as ...more
Like the other Mo Willems books I read, the illustrations are simple and expressive. I love the interaction required by the reader, though it was a bit beyond my 20-mo-old son. (I had fun telling him to tell the pigeon "No", though). My son liked the bus one better though, just because it had a bus in it, but I thought this would be especially fun for adults to read because it mimics what they often deal with when trying to put their kids to bed. This could be a fun bed-time book. ...more
My author crush does it again! This time around, the pigeon wants to stay up past his bed time. He tries to make up any excuse he can to stay up. By the time he is done putting up his argument for staying up, he is so tired that he falls asleep anyway. This is just a good simple read. I would recommend it for prek- through 3rd grade, I'm sure they would be able to make many text-to-self connections! It could also be used for children who are self conscious about their author and illustration ski...more
This book is the tops for the following reasons.
A. My two-year old has it memorized.
B. I can always tell when my two-year old is reading it because i hear her screaming "What?! WHAT!?! I'M NOT TIRED!!!" at the top of her lungs from whatever corner of the house she's in.
C. My three-year old has made it her mission in life to try and draw every page of this book in her little notepad. Love that.
D. Mo Willems is brilliant.
We have checked this book...more
A. My two-year old has it memorized.
B. I can always tell when my two-year old is reading it because i hear her screaming "What?! WHAT!?! I'M NOT TIRED!!!" at the top of her lungs from whatever corner of the house she's in.
C. My three-year old has made it her mission in life to try and draw every page of this book in her little notepad. Love that.
D. Mo Willems is brilliant.
We have checked this book...more
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I really liked this book. It would be a great bedtime story for kids, or even a story to read aloud to a kindergarten or first grade class. It's almost written like a comic book. Each page has a picture of the pigeon with a word bubble, and he's begging to stay up later. The pictures are very animated, and the reader can definitely tell the tone and desperation of the pigeon to stay up later. Despite his efforts, the pigeon inevitably begins to yawn and falls asleep on his ...more
I really liked this book. It would be a great bedtime story for kids, or even a story to read aloud to a kindergarten or first grade class. It's almost written like a comic book. Each page has a picture of the pigeon with a word bubble, and he's begging to stay up later. The pictures are very animated, and the reader can definitely tell the tone and desperation of the pigeon to stay up later. Despite his efforts, the pigeon inevitably begins to yawn and falls asleep on his ...more
This book is perfect for young struggling readers. The words are not difficult and the story line is very simple. The author has married picture and text perfectly. The pictures are easy to see and draw, which creates a perfect response activity. The text is interesting for young readers. The words are not "baby" words, but they do not require much background knowledge. This book is wonderful because it is part of a set. When a student gets finished reading this book, he or she can mov...more
I was laughing my head off while I read this. My kids thought it was funny too, but I don't think they quite understood how truly hilarious it was because they haven't had their own kids using these same stay-up-late tactics on them yet. Which makes sense, since they don't have kids yet.
The illustrations are simple, but well done. Text very funny. Enjoyed by everyone here. I'd love to see more from this author.
The illustrations are simple, but well done. Text very funny. Enjoyed by everyone here. I'd love to see more from this author.
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Early
Topics & Themes: Persistence and manipulation: Not taking no for an answer.
Curricular Use: Read aloud.
Literary Elements: Humor. Strong example of voice. Personification.
Text & Pictures: Interaction of text and pictures. The pictures convey the pigeons tone and expression, especially by the use of his eyeball. (And when he gets mad you know it).
Reading Level: Early
Topics & Themes: Persistence and manipulation: Not taking no for an answer.
Curricular Use: Read aloud.
Literary Elements: Humor. Strong example of voice. Personification.
Text & Pictures: Interaction of text and pictures. The pictures convey the pigeons tone and expression, especially by the use of his eyeball. (And when he gets mad you know it).
I would give one and a half stars to Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!.
The comedic abilities of Mo Willems in this volume are quite good, as always. This book seems tailor-made to be a bedtime story, with the pigeon arguing and bargaining and trying its best to stay up late, in a manner that is always amusing. The story does a good job of including the reader in with what is happening.
The comedic abilities of Mo Willems in this volume are quite good, as always. This book seems tailor-made to be a bedtime story, with the pigeon arguing and bargaining and trying its best to stay up late, in a manner that is always amusing. The story does a good job of including the reader in with what is happening.
That crazy pigeon is back, and he wants to STAY UP LATE! My kindergarten classes love Mo Willems' pigeon, and they look forward to keeping him on the straight and narrow. My students giggle over the pigeon's excuses for staying up past bedtime, and I suspect they may use the same excuses at home. A fantastic fun read-aloud that have kids begging for more!
THE BEST BOOK EVER I question everyone who reads this review, have you ever read a finer more tasteful book? if the answer is yes, then you obviously have the brains of a cauliflower. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK THEN READ IT NOW!!!!!!!! OR ELSE! Thank you for listening to me rant about the best book in the world, have a nice day!
In this book Mo Willems is asking the readers to make sure the Pigeon goes to bed early. The Pigeon does not want to go to bed and tries to change the subject to anything but bedtime. He makes up excuses and suggests silly ideas like all kids do at bedtime.
Great story to use at bedtime because kids can relate to the excuses Pigeon uses for staying up.
Great story to use at bedtime because kids can relate to the excuses Pigeon uses for staying up.
I mentioned this book to Joey (2 years old at the time) a few months ago, and his response was that the book should be, "LET the Pigeon Stay up Late!" Then for some weird reason, it took me forever to check it out from the library. When I finally did, I was all excited and ready to read it to them, but every time I brought it up, Joey refused. He was dead set against the book. The title was enough for him to decide that the book would be full of bad ideas. After we'd had it for a ...more
I thought this book was enjoyable, but I didn't find many ways it could be used academically. It could spark conversation about bed time or why it's not good for children to stay up too late. It could simply give children an enjoyable book with which to practice reading. Other than that, I'm not sure it could really be of much academic value.
I really love Mo Willems. All of his Pigeon books are great. This one is good for showing emotion in the pictures, it has great illustrations. They also are just so funny, I feel that students can relate to his books very easily. All children have begged their parents to stay up late, to drive, or to get a puppy. I just love his work.
So far this summer this is my favorite program book. It fit right into the bedtime story time evening story and the kids absolutely loved it. One of us was dressed up as the pigeon while the other read the story, while I got the crafts ready. It was fun evening overall! Seriously how often does one get to wear there pajamas's to work!
I love this book as much as my kids do - even more than "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." The writing is so clever - and spot-on! As are the illustrations. (Who knew cartoons could be so expressive?) This book is fun to read, and my kids still laugh - even when I'm reading it the 100th time.
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