Oh, Yeah? The Pigeon HAS to go to School by Mo Willems

Why do I have to go to school?

I ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING!

Pigeon is being oppositional.

Wait! School starts early in the morning? No way!

You know what I look like in the morning!

It's NOT PRETTY!

Pigeon is adamant that he doesn't need school!

Of course, it's obvious to everyone but himself that Pigeon is scared of starting to school. He has a million What Ifs. The teacher may not like him. He may not like the teacher. What about those school lunches? Nobody likes them! What about those ginormous backpacks they make you carry? There is too much stuff to learn! Like math! All those numbers. He has only one big eye, you know!

At last, Pigeon admits the truth:

The unknown stresses me out, Dude!

What Pigeon needs is a place to go to get used to school first.

OH. Like Preschool and Kindergarten.

And, WAIT! Pigeon is going to get to ride on the big yellow school bus? He is ON IT! He's even driven one, sort of!

Mo Willems' best-selling The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! (Hyperion Books, 2019) has the obstinate, nay-saying feathered scholar starring in the perfect prep book for the first day of school, giving voice to all the fears that youngsters feel before they walk through those epic doors into the world of education. Willems' Pigeon is already a super star, joining the notable, multiple award-winning Willems' other famed characters-- Knuffle Bunny and Elephant and Piggie, and the rest--who have charmed and guided children so long and so well through their early years. A million parents nervous about first-day anxieties thank you, Mo Willems!