Book fail

Poor Drew. Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus does not work well when your toddler says "Yes!" to the pigeon the first time he asks to drive the bus. The whole book expects repeated "No" answers and the pigeon begs, pleads, wheedles, and finally throws a tantrum. Even if you adjust the words while reading and flip past the tantrum, it really doesn't work. Drew looked baffled and hurt that the pigeon's expressions weren't happy and that he wasn't driving the bus.

At the end the bus driver asks if you let the pigeon drive the bus, and you say no (hopefully), and he says "Great! Thanks a lot!" Drew instead of "No" said "pleeeease?" very winningly. I read the driver's line with a bit of gentle sarcasm, and we went on to watch the pigeon dream of driving a semi truck next.

I explained the pigeon was so used to hearing "no" that he didn't even realize that Drew had said yes, but that didn't really satisfy him.

The book really does not work if the toddler says yes.