Module 1-Picture Books
Mo Willems
THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Willems, Mo. 2008. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY! New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN 1423109600
2. PLOT SUMMARY
In this picture book a pigeon wants a puppy even though he doesn’t really know much about having a puppy. He says, “Everybody knows that puppies need plenty of sunshine and water!” Well, the pigeon gets a puppy and doesn’t like anything about it. Then, he changed his mind and didn’t want a puppy he wanted a walrus.
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Willems writing is the thought process of a child or someone that wants something yet doesn’t really know what it’s all about. The pigeon gets upset when he doesn’t get the puppy right away, then he gets the puppy and figures out that it is going to be a lot of work. Even the writing and the way the words are really big reminds me of the works of a child. I do like how the illustrations are all emotions. Which is another way a child tells us things. The author shows how the pigeon feels through the illustrations.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From GoodReads “He really, really, REALLY wants one. He'll take really good care of it! What's the matter--don't you want him to be happy? The latest book in the best-selling Pigeon series is the funniest one yet.”
From New York Times “In “The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!” the reader is encouraged to argue with the Pigeon, who tries everything from syrupy charm to hissy fits in hopes of persuading us to buy him the pet of his dreams. As with all the Pigeon volumes, from “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” onward, the ending involves one of those twists that seems obvious only in retrospect, and the artwork has Willems’s trademark deadpan hysteria. This pigeon is really going places — although not, sadly, to the pet store.
5. CONNECTIONS
*This would be a good book to read if you were talking about how we need to research things before we buy them.
*Another good reason would be to show responsibility. You could talk about how the puppy was going to be a lot of work.
Mo Willems
THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Willems, Mo. 2008. THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY! New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN 1423109600
2. PLOT SUMMARY
In this picture book a pigeon wants a puppy even though he doesn’t really know much about having a puppy. He says, “Everybody knows that puppies need plenty of sunshine and water!” Well, the pigeon gets a puppy and doesn’t like anything about it. Then, he changed his mind and didn’t want a puppy he wanted a walrus.
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Willems writing is the thought process of a child or someone that wants something yet doesn’t really know what it’s all about. The pigeon gets upset when he doesn’t get the puppy right away, then he gets the puppy and figures out that it is going to be a lot of work. Even the writing and the way the words are really big reminds me of the works of a child. I do like how the illustrations are all emotions. Which is another way a child tells us things. The author shows how the pigeon feels through the illustrations.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From GoodReads “He really, really, REALLY wants one. He'll take really good care of it! What's the matter--don't you want him to be happy? The latest book in the best-selling Pigeon series is the funniest one yet.”
From New York Times “In “The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!” the reader is encouraged to argue with the Pigeon, who tries everything from syrupy charm to hissy fits in hopes of persuading us to buy him the pet of his dreams. As with all the Pigeon volumes, from “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” onward, the ending involves one of those twists that seems obvious only in retrospect, and the artwork has Willems’s trademark deadpan hysteria. This pigeon is really going places — although not, sadly, to the pet store.
5. CONNECTIONS
*This would be a good book to read if you were talking about how we need to research things before we buy them.
*Another good reason would be to show responsibility. You could talk about how the puppy was going to be a lot of work.
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