by Mo Willems
Part of Pigeon
First published 2014
The Pigeon has a problem. He desperately needs a bath, but he wants nothing to do with getting clean. After all, he bathed last month. Well, maybe he did. The Pigeon comes up with excuse after excuse to avoid the dreaded bath time. He argues, he protests, he tries every trick he can think of to convince readers that bathing is completely unnecessary. But as the pressure mounts and the evidence of his grubbiness becomes impossible to ignore, the Pigeon faces a choice. Will he finally give in and discover that bath time might not be the terrible ordeal he imagined? Mo Willems, the three time Caldecott Honoree and number one New York Times bestselling author, brings back the beloved feathered character in another battle of wills that captures the universal struggle between what we need to do and what we want to do.
Genres: animals, picture-books, comedy, childrens, chapter-books
Vibes: humorous, lighthearted, playful, relatable, whimsical
Tropes: battle-of-wills, coming-of-age, reluctant-acceptance
Period: 21st-century
40 pages · Hardcover · Hyperion Books for Children