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Pigeon is an unflinching and hilarious look at a child's potential for mischief. In a plain palette, with childishly elemental line drawings, Willems has captured the essence of unreasonableness in the very young.
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 3
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Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time--but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake.
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 2
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When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can't wait to devour it. But then along comes a sly duckling who wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird?
4) Wringer
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As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. He did not want to be a wringer. Palmer LaRue is rUnning out of birthdays. For as long as he can remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten, the day he's supposed to become a wringer. This thing, this not wanting to be a wringer, did it ever knock him from his bike? Unite his sneaker lace? Call him a name?...
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 4
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The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.
9) In the city
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Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate pigeons as colorful, chatty denizens of the city.
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Teddy Mars volume 1
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Ten-year-old Teddy Mars seeks to stand apart from his six siblings, none of whom could be called "normal," by earning a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records.
11) Clever Ali
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When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.
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While bumbling PI Percival Smidgely tries to find missing pig Mercy Watson, a trio of clever neighborhood sleuths follow a trail of hoof prints - and a delicious aroma - to recover their porcine wonder, in this uproariously funny, extra-special series finale.
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 6
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The Pigeon is dirty and he needs a bath, but he won't go willingly.
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 8
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Pigeon experiences an emotional loop-de-loop as he anticipates his turn to ride the roller coaster.
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 9
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The pigeon really, really wants to drive Santa's sleigh, but reconsiders once he learns how it flies.
20) Cuckoo feathers
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When two pigeons that Sarah wants as pets move from her Chicago apartment's window ledge to the building next door, Sarah tries to figure out how to get them to come back.