July 1, 2025 7:57 PM
Pigeon and Elephant and Piggie, oh my!
I remember when one of my little cousins was very young and just learning to read, that he had the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems. I was probably in high school at the time, and after reading the book, I enjoyed it so much that I looked for every other Mo Willems book in the library and read them as well. I just love the art style and how much emotion that pigeon has. Even today, when I go into a bookstore or a library, I like to see if there are more pigeon books that I haven't read yet.
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Many years later, I was sitting in one of the rooms in my aunt's house and my 5 year old niece came in because she wanted to play. There happened to be a copy of There Is a Bird on Your Head! sitting on the dresser. I have no idea whose book this was, but I picked it up and started reading it to her. She spends a lot of time staring at her Kindle or a phone, but that night, somehow, I got her attention with a book. And mine as well! It's a pretty great book.
.-. ( * )=> `-' I thought about drawing an elephant, .--'' \ but that was way too hard. So here is `-..____) a tiny bird instead. LL
To this day, it's still my most cherished memory with her.