This delightful story about a newly discovered "hat" (NO - That's wrong they're underwear!!) will have young children giggling and interacting with the narrator as rabbit and her animal friends try on this fabulous hat. Recommended for fashionable animals everywhere. ages 4 -8
This deceptively simple story takes a humorous look at fashion, peer pressure, friendship, and the value of believing in oneself. Younger children will delight in the hilarious premise of animals wearing underwear on their heads. Older children will appreciate the more subtle concepts of the book, and will root for rabbit as she searches for a way to silence that critical voice once and for all.
When a bus driver goes on break, he asks the readers to keep an eye on his bus and the crazy bird who desperately wants to drive it. The pigeon then relentlessly begs readers to let him behind the wheel. Children love to say NO! to pigeon. Willems hooks his audience quickly with the pigeon-to-reader approach and simple lovable cartoons.
PreS-Gr 3- The incorrigible bird returns in his fourth full-length romp. This time, Pigeon voices another common childhood dream: he wants a puppy. And he wants it NOW. He even promises to take care of it: "I'll water it once a month." He argues his case so forcefully that a puppy appears, but it's more than he expects: "The teeth! The hair! That wet nose!...I mentioned the teeth, right?" So he sets his sights on a different pet. Kids will love this perfectly paced picture book, which offers both the expected (breaking the fourth wall, Pigeon's classic temper tantrum) and a new twist (Pigeon actually gets what he wants? Impossible!). Willems's hilariously expressive illustrations and engaging text are cinematic in their interplay. Maybe kids won't appreciate the genius behind it the way adults will, but that won't stop them from asking for this book again and again.-Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD
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