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“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!” by Mo Willems is a fitting addition to the pigeon’s adventures in his many books. In this particular book, the pigeon is dead set on driving Santa’s sleigh, but Santa doesn’t want it touched. The illustrations are endearing and comical as the pigeon tries to convince readers that he is more than capable of driving the sleigh. After all, he wants to be in the holiday spirit, so he butters readers up with kind words, but they don’t get him anywhere fast. He has a whole lot of things he says to make readers want to give in, but his upset becomes stronger and stronger when he doesn’t get his way. When he realizes that driving the sleigh isn’t as easy as it looks and there’s even some weird smell to boot, the story takes a surprising turn that even the pigeon probably didn’t expect when he became so adamant about taking the sleigh for a spin.

Mo Willems always makes his stories engaging, expressive, and downright funny! Kids and adults alike will be awed by how they become immersed in the ease of reading this and his other stories again and again!