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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mo Willems. Released by Disney-Hyperion in 2003, it was Willems' first book for children, and it received a Caldecott Honor in 2004 for distinguished American Children's Picture Books. An animated adaptation of the book won the 2010 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.

Plot
The book begins with a pigeon imagining himself driving a bus. As we turn the page we find the bus driver who asks the reader to watch his bus for a while until he gets back. The Bus Driver also asks the reader not to let the pigeon drive the bus. Aimed for readers ages 2 to 6 years old, the interactive pages of the book prompt the reader to dialogue with the pigeon as he begs for a chance to drive the bus. Pleading and bribing have children at the ready to yell "NO" at the pigeon.

Pigeon Series
Willems has created further books about the Pigeon's adventures:
 * The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! (2004) - Hard cover
 * The Pigeon Love Things That Go! (2005) - Board book
 * The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (2005) - Board book
 * Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (2006) - Hardcover
 * The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! (I Really Do) (2008) - Hard cover
 * The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? (2012) - Hard cover
 * Don't Let the Pigeon Finish this Activity Book! (2012)
 * The Pigeon Needs a Bath!(I Do Not!) (2014) - Hard cover

Cameo appearances by the Pigeon can also be found in Willems' Knuffle Bunny, Elephant and Piggie, and Cat the Cat book series.

Reception
"A brilliantly simple book that is absolutely true to life, as anyone who interacts with an obdurate three-year-old can attest." - School Library Journal

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was an American Library Association Notable Book, a National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book, and a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.