Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!

As the man is getting ready for bed, he asks the readers to make sure that the pigeon doesn’t stay up late. Once the man is gone to brush his teeth, the pigeon just doesn’t seem to want to go to bed. He is just wants to stay up and does so by asking the reader lots of questions. He asks simple

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questions like “Can I have a glass of water?” to just begging. But eventually, he yawns a big yawn and falls asleep and the man thanks the reader for a good job.

This is an interactive book between the readers and the book. It seems as if the man and the pigeon are talking to the reader directly. The words are simple and short. The size of the text also helps. They are in big fonts and written with a black crayon. And they are all dialogs. The illustrations are what draw the readers to this book. The pigeon is drawn with pastel with black crayon outline and it is easy to read the pigeon’s facial expressions as well as his actions.

This book is bedtime story for young readers. Readers will love the pigeon and what to answer all his questions. And because it draws the readers into the book, the readers will easily feel as if they are a part of the book and will want more pigeon.

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I was a bit miffed that having exerted myself to prevent the pigeon from staying up late, it then proceeded to fall alseep regardless. Why did I bother?

Willems' pigeon books are so fun to read outloud! There's always the "straight guy" role to play and then the pigeon with his outbursts of emotion - glee, whining, pleading, and in this book, yawns of all sizes. I just hope the pigeon didn't give my son any ideas about prolonging bedtime.

The pigeon throws all the standard tricks to get you to let him stay up late, you say no a lot, he falls asleep and dreams of having a hot dog party. Everybody's happy!

His arguments range the gamut from almost-sincere to positively silly to, of course, none at all. Great fun, can't find words to

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express that.

This book will tend to hype a kid up. If you are reading this at bedtime, put another, calmer book after it in the line-up. Something like "Goodnight Moon" or "Goodnight, Mr. Night" or "The Going to Bed Book". However, for daytime storytelling this is definitely great for the more fidgety kids, who get distracted at storytime easily. It *demands* audience participation.

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While not quite as good (IMO) as "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", this was still a good read. My daughter enjoyed it, my son enjoyed it, I enjoyed it, so it's definitely good. It just doesn't have quite the snap that the other book does. Partially that's probably because the novelty with the

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first is gone with this one.

Definitely a good book, though! I recommend it for all parents and children.

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Good book to use for teaching childrens fun writting and grammer! It also allows the students to interact with the book and the character while reading

Pigeon is supposed to go to bed early, but Pigeon doesn't want to go to bed! The illustrations develop the characters and their personalities through the pages. This is also one of many books featuring the Pigeon so some readers may already be familiar with the characters. The story line is

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simplistic and great for beginning readers. The setting would be familiar with many young children since most kids are trying to stay up later than they are supposed to. This would be a great book in a public library for beginning readers, and for parents to read to kids. It is a perfect bed time story.

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Great for little kids, first-person perspective, of the pigeon telling the reader all of the reasons it should stay awake longer. Not as good that pigeon wants a puppy or don't let the pigeon drive the bus.

This adorable bedtime story is about a pigeon who is left in the reader's care by his caretaker. The pigeon wants to stay up late and gives the reader dozens of classic reasons to stay up late. However, by the end of the book, the pigeon is fast asleep and his caretaker returns to thank the reader.

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The clever, appealing first-person point of view of this story is, perhaps, the most significant component of the basis for its appeal.

The illustrations are also wonderfully simple and endearing. The almost iconic Mo Willems pigeon graces every page (always in a different place) and the Courier New font Willems uses for the pigeon's cartoon word bubbles fits the story (both the content of the text and the illustrations) perfectly. The style of this book (sparse illustrations, the recognizable pigeon, the word bubbles) is infinitely appealing. Other than the pigeon and his barely-present, yet grateful, caretaker, there are no other characters. The setting is rather unknown and insignificant, but the critical piece is that it is bed time for the pigeon. This book would make an ideal silly bedtime story.

Highly recommended for preschool and elementary school libraries.

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Another few roars of laughter. This is back on form, the pigeon uses every well-known tactic to avoid going to bed, only to time himself out.
Savvy kids might enjoy a cameo appearance by the Knufflebunny on the last few pages.

This is a fun, hilarious book about a stubborn pigeon who insists they're not tired thus refusing to go to bed. A funny caricature of kids ploys to stay awake with great kid-like drawings.

Not only can the pigeon talk, but it would also like to drive the bus! It is an interactive book that lets the reader talk to the pigeon to answer his persuasive requests for driving the bus. It's one of the books that your will want to read (or to listen to) over and over again. Very creative and

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imaginative. I think that in a sense it is also educational as it can teach some debating skills while holding on to a given promise.

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I love this series and was not disappointed by this addition. As a teacher I would get a copy of this book for each early childhood parent to read to their child before bed! A great starter in introducing personal, child created Pigeon books. It is interactive, entertaining and begins to teach (as

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the rest of the series does) the art of persuasion.

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A man ask Pigeon to watch the pigeon and make sure he doesn't stay up late. The pigeon tries his best to convince the reader that he is not tire and does not need to go to bed. It doesn't take long but the Pigeon falls asleep fast. The man comes back and thanks you for making sure he went to sleep.

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I love all Pigeon books. Children would love this interactive book.

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Mo Willems' book Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! is a book that kids in second and third grade will love- guaranteed. It is playful and easy to comprehend. It is also a book that even struggling readers can work through because there is very little text on each page, and the illustrations on the

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pages always match the text. I think this book could also be useful in teaching the concept of quotation marks to kids. This book is a series of dialogue, and all of the dialogue is contained in speech bubbles. I would explain this as parallel to quotation marks in the sense that you are encapsulating words that someone/thing is saying. It does not have a specific grammatical focus and the focus is therefore not identified, but again, I do believe kids can learn about dialogue and quotation marks from this book.

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I thought this was a really funny book that children will really enjoy. The book starts with a man that ask the children to not let the pigeon stay up late. The pigeon is very funny when trying to convince the readers to let him stay up. The author uses lots of expression in his writing, and would

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be a good example of different types of punctuation.

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At the beginning of the book the man has to brush his teeth and says not to let the pigeon stay up late. Throughout the story the pigeon is procrastinating and thinking of ways to stay up longer and not have to go to bed. The more and more he tries to stay up late, the more tired he gets and by the

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time the man comes back the pigeon is asleep!

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Funny book about pigeon trying to stall in order to stay up past his bedtime. Makes light of parent manipulation.

this is a story about a pigeon. the pigeon want to stay up late. it is the readers job to make sure that does not happen

This is an adorable story that interacts with the reader. The beginning of the story has the owner of the pigeon telling the reader to not let the pigeon stay up late. Then it moves onto the pigeon coming up with many excuses for not going to bed, including the classic,"Could I have a glass of

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water?" All the while he keeps yawning and eventually tires himself out and falls asleep.
This would be a great book to read to an early childhood class and discuss with the kids if they have ever used these excuses.

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Genre: This book is a good example of fantasy. In the book, the Pigeon is able to speak and argue. This is not possible- a pigeon having human characteristics.

Characterization: 4 stars

Age: Primary

This charming picture book allows for interaction between the text and the reader/audience. It begins with a man (the pigeon's caregiver?) popping off to brush his teeth and asking the reader/audience to make sure the pigeon doesn't stay up late. What follows is the pigeon asking, begging,

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pleading, whining, etc. to be allowed to stay up late. Although not written in the text, the obvious response from the reader/audience is always a resounding "No!". In the end the pigeon gets so sleepy he can't resist anymore and falls asleep, with his caregiver returning to say thanks. And the pigeon and his stuffed bunny dream of eating piles of hot dogs, a gentle reminder of The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, another book in the series.

Once again, Mo Willems presents a delightfully fun story with the pigeon who is so like his child readers that they immediately identify with him even while pretending to be like the parent that has to say "no" over and over again, which they enjoy doing, too! The sparsely detailed illustrations are a great example of the less-is-more approach as they appeal to children by the simple portrayals of the pigeon's varying emotions as he pleads to stay up late.

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The mischievous and manipulative pigeon is baaack and he wants a co-conspirator in his plot to stay up all night looooooong---::::yawn::: Nobody saw that!

This is a take off of 'don't let the pigeon drive the bus". In this story, the bus driver goes off to brush his teeth and asks the driver not to let the pigeon stay up late. In this fun and funny interactive story, the silly expressive pigeon begs, pleads, and tries to cajole us into letting him

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stay up. Its a great read: fun, interactive, and expressive. The drawings are classic Willems- simple and incredibly expressive. I just love the pigeon!

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