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Awe inspiring coming of age tale The Bookseller Laughs a-plenty ... simple enough for very young children to enjoy and funny enough to keep even the most jaded parent entertained -- Steve Voake Well's Life
作者简介Mo Willems is a three-time Caldecott Honor winner for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. His celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions as well as three Honors. Other favourites include Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs and That Is Not a Good Idea. Before he turned to children's books, Mo was a writer and animator on Sesame Street, where he won six Emmy Awards. Mo lives with his family in Paris, France. Find him online at www.mowillems.com and on twitter as @The_Pigeon.
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非常可爱幽默的故事：让读者参与故事的想法很有创意，小鸽子讨价还价乃至耍无赖的种种表情画得很传神。就是对爸爸妈妈讲故事的技巧会有些要求。
女儿很喜欢，会继续购买此类书籍
挺有趣的故事，宝宝很喜欢。
This charming, clever and laugh-out-loud funny tale of a plucky pigeon with a dream is a recent childhood classic, that I fully expect to stand the test of time. (I have no doubt my six-year-old will one day be reading this to his own children.) One of the first stories I read to my son that he actively engaged with when barely a toddler, it was also the first book he read all-by-himself and still rates as a frequent bedtime favorite.
Mo Willems is a treasure and all his books--including the fantastically sweet Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale series and too-cute A Elephant and Piggie Book series--are must-haves for every child's bookshelf, at least in this book-loving mom's opinion.
Thanks to authors like Willems and the equally fab Melanie Watt, who inject humor and fun into their stories, while never talking down to their pint-sized readers, my little guy is happy to declare himself a book lover. And, for that, I just can't thank them enough!
For any parent or other caregiver of young children, this book is a delightful way to mirror to the child what they are like when they insist on getting their way and what the caregiver has to go through too. It requires a bit of acting skill on the part of the reader, but any adult who has actually dealt with a wheedling, whining, tantruming child shouldn't have any trouble with this.
The book opens with the bus driver telling us that he has to leave for a little bit and asking the audience to keep an eye on things. Oh, and "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." The pigeon, of course, shows up immediately asking, begging, cajoling and bargaining to be allowed to drive the bus. The audience (the child) must repeatedly tell the pigeon "No." The pigeon tries every trick in the little kid's "I want my way" handbook until, finally, it has a complete and utter tantruming meltdown.
Some reviewers have complained that the pigeon displays terribly inappropriate behavior which encourages children to whine and tantrum. I have to wonder whether such reviewers have actually met any actual children. The children I've met (including my own two) don't need any instruction on how to whine or tantrum. What this book does is show them how silly they look doing it. And how pointless it is, because, after all, the pigeon still doesn't get to drive the bus.
Just as kids love to act out parental roles with their dolls and stuffed animals, they will love telling the pigeon "No." The pigeon, like most children, however, is not deterred for long. It just sets its sights on a new goal.
The illustrations are very simple, but nevertheless they perfectly capture the pigeon's expressions as it goes from wheedling to whining to tantruming to moping. Overall a truly delightful book.
I thoroughly enjoy reading this book and find the illustrations of the pigeon hilarious. I haven't read the other pigeon books but am excited to get some more!
Your mission, fellow readers, should you choose to accept it, is as follows: don't, I repeat, don't let the pigeon drive the bus. Oh, I know, it seems like a simple mission as these things go. Most pigeons like to fly after all, and most of them aren't very talkative anyway. But be warned, this is no ordinary pigeon! This unusual bird possesses all the guile and determination of a toddler angling to get a cookie before dinner.
The formula of this book will quickly become familiar to any reader or listener: the pigeon wants to drive the bus, he NEEDS to drive the bus, and he's DRIVEN to drive the bus!! And nasty hobbitses want to keep him from the precious bus . . . oops, wrong story. ^_^ But, you get the picture. Your job, and your audience's job, is to say "No!" every time and for every ploy. No matter what that pigeon says or does, you can't give him an inch. Cuz you know he'll drive a mile! Kids especially know this routine by heart. After all, they're usually in the pigeon's shoes, thwarted time and time again from getting their momentary heart's desire. This allows them to try out the other role, to see what it's like to be the authority, to set the boundaries and delightfully shout "No!" every time. They aren't fooled for one minute by this pigeon.
I'd really hesitate to call this book a storybook. Because this book really isn't one in the traditional sense. The audience does not sit quietly and wait to see what happens next. They make it happen. Without audience response, this book is only half a story. All of our crafty pigeons comments are directed outward, to the audience. He knows the reader is there and is ready to bargain with him and wear him down with his dreams of bus driving. Likewise, the pictures are simple, unadorned and angular. These are not misty and gorgeous pictorial masterpieces like Mary Grandpre might draw. But another illustrator's work would not have fit the book and created the delightfully subversive book that this has turned out to be. Like some of the best comic strips, our characters don't have to be realistic or elegant to get their point across and display a wide range of emotion and reactions. The books convey that information readily and simply, without anything to clutter or distract the reader from those actions. This is not art that is dressed up to the nines. This is art that gets down to work: casual, direct and very effective at what it does. Taken out of context, the pictures may be uninspiring and seem crude. In context, they make the story come to life and jump off the page.
This is a modern tale and a modern classic. Particularly appropriate for kids in urban settings who may have never seen a barnyard or a cow, but sure as heck know what a pigeon and a bus is! There's no fancy prose or cutesy sweetness here, instead we find wry intelligence and a subtle charm that hits home with its target audience. If you have preschoolers I suggest you check this book out, despite your reservations. Probably best for a preschool to kindergarten age group, since kids much older than this will be looking for more complex reads and longer stories.
If you like this, there are more books in store in the Pigeon series, but this one-to my mind-is the best. You might also want to check out CLICK, CLACK, MOO. COWS THAT TYPE by Doreen Cronin, or if your child is a bit older, perhaps THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES by John Scieszka. It's definitely worth a try with a child, and great for a whole group of kids. Give it a read, let your children give it a listen . . .but don't, and I repeat, DON'T let the pigeon drive the bus!
Happy reading! Shanshad ^_^
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