8.6 /10 1 Votes
Publication date 2006 ISBN 978-0-7868-3746-5 Dewey Decimal [E] 22 Originally published 2006 Page count 36 | 4.4/5 Goodreads 4.5/5 Barnes & Noble Pages 36 OCLC 62085518 LC Class PZ7.W65535 Don 2006 Illustrator Mo Willems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Disney Publishing Worldwide Genres Children's literature, Picture book Similar Mo Willems books, Picture books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! is a bestselling children's picture book by Mo Willems. Released by Disney-Hyperion in 2006, it is part of Willems's "Pigeon" series. It won a National Parenting Publications Award in 2006 and was named one of the top three books for kindergarteners and first graders in a 2006 poll by Scholastic Books.
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Don t let the pigeon stay up late
Reception
Reviews have been positive. In the New York Times Book Review, Bruce Handy called the title pigeon "one of this decade's contributions to the pantheon of great picture book characters". He added, "The Pigeon is whiny, shortsighted, narcissistic, needy, relentless and nakedly manipulative; in short, the Pigeon is a thinly veiled 4-year-old, drawn by Willems with a sure, simple line and a keen sense, as the pages turn, of comic timing." Kirkus Reviews found "If this offering necessarily lacks the freshness of the original, its wholehearted sense of fun more than makes up for any hint of formula." and Publishers Weekly wrote that "Willems uses voice bubbles and emphatic lettering to suggest the Pigeon's tone of voice, and his solid-color backgrounds progressively dim from soft pink to lavender to a relaxing gray-blue and warm violet, enhancing the growing sense of drowsiness. At last, the hyperactive Pigeon succumbs to slumber, but sleep-resistant and savvy readers will likely plead to read this again."