Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Written and Illustrated by Mo Wiliams

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Written and Illustrated by: Mo Williams

Grades: PreK- 2nd

Awards:

• Caldecott Honor (2004)
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award for K-2 (2005) 
• Charlotte Zolotow Award Nominee (2004)
• Vermont's Picture Book Awards: Red Clover (2005)
• South Carolina Book Award for Picture Book Award (2006)
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (2005)
• Golden Archer Award for Primary (2005)
• Buckaroo Book Award (2004)
• Indies Choice Book Award for Picture Book Hall of Fame (2009)

When a bus driver goes on break, he asks the audience to keep an eye on his vehicle and the daft, bug-eyed pigeon who desperately wants to drive it. The pigeon then relentlessly begs readers for some time behind the wheel: "I tell you what: I'll just steer. My cousin Herb drives a bus almost every day. The pigeon who dreams of driving a bus pleads and begs for an opportunity from the readers who are "watching" the bus for the driver. When finally the pigeon can not take anymore and he erupts in a full-spread tantrum screaming, "Let me drive the bus!!!". When the driver returns and takes off, the bird slumps dejectedly until a big red truck inspires a new round of motoring fantasies.