Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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Count how many times the following words are used in the story: Pigeon, bus, drive, I, vroom and just. Use these to create tally charts and other kinds of graphs.

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. If the bus driver had left and told us it was okay to let the pigeon drive the bus, should we let him?

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If you knew that punishing the pigeon would not stop him from trying to drive the bus again, would you still punish him? 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!

ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY MO WILLEMS FROM HIS OWN 2004 CALDECOTT HONOR AWARD-WINNING BOOK, DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUSIS THE STORY OF AN IRREPRESSIBLE PIGEON WHO LETS EVERYONE KNOW THAT HE NEVER HAS ANY FUN! What’s a time you learned something important from being punished? Are punishments ever good for you? What about for grown-ups? Mo Willems, #1 New York Times best-selling creator and three-time Caldecott Honoree, presents the 20th anniversary edition of the book that started it all: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, now featuring an exclusive board game! Mo Willems’ hilarious picture book was awarded a 2004 Caldecott Honor and has been inducted into the Picture Book Hall of Fame. Now, twenty years later, readers can amp up the fun in an all-new board game featuring the Pigeon! Players drive their bus pieces around town. The first player to get to the Bus Depot wins, but remember—don’t let the Pigeon drive the bus! 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”.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] Can you think of times when it is good to allow yourself to be convinced of something? Why is it good? 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.