I appreciate the simplicity of the illustrations. The focus is about reading the emotions of the pigeon, which I liked. It’s a simple read that younger kids can enjoy along with you.
The book interacts with the readers of the story. The pigeon is speaking directly to you and forces you to interact with the story. Really cool concept that engaged my kids.
This book shows your kids what peer pressure can look like. A helpful conversation about it can arise after reading the book. I think it’s an important thing for kids to recognize and wrap their heads around.
While reading the book with my kids, the book has a goal of prompting them to say “No!” to the pigeon. My kids already have a mastery level of yelling “No!” so I found this to be relatively unuseful. It’s good that the story prompts kids to have a response, but maybe not the same prompt over and over again.
The pigeon whines when he doesn’t get what he wants. Again, something my kids have mastery of already. The book didn’t model a different way to react when someone doesn’t get something they want. Missed opportunity there, in my opinion.