Review: The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!

The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

7 December, 2022

We should all be the Pigeon, living in optimistic anticipation of good things to come.

Though with perhaps just a titch less volume. Willems excels at conveying emotion and, if you will, how the lines should be delivered. Whether reading quietly in one's head or reading aloud to a group of kids, his ability to suggest tone is a boon to the reader.

***

27 February 2023

Not even three months later I had to pluck it off the New shelf again. But it's good to be able to point out ways in which Willems' books excel, in light of other reviews I've made this morning.

Original endpapers which reward examination and comparison with one another. A note on fonts, a good bio, a mock copywrite page, and a nice range of emotions. No note on the art, sadly. Perhaps the lengthy acknowledgements in novels these days will spill over into other genres. People derive satisfaction when their contribution is public, especially when their pay is kept artificially low, she wrote, looking askance at the big five publishing companies, and their failure to create a more diverse and equitable workplace.

Now I'm dreaming of Don't Let The Pigeon Cross the Picket Line.

Library copy

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