![]() Just as quickly, though, the mood changes again to “HAPPY, HAPPY, HAAAAAPPPPPPPPYYY!”, resolving finally into an unnamed but obvious disgust when the bird realizes he has been tricked into happiness! Social and Emotional Lessons In a quickly accelerating cascade of emotions that will be familiar to all who know preschoolers, the pigeon progresses from a willful “Never” to a wing-flapping “ANGRY!” to the most dejected looking “SAD” ever before witnessed on a pigeon's face. ![]() The pigeon (who also stars in Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, among others), stubbornly refuses when a bus driver asks him to show his happy face. ![]() ![]() You won't find a more succinct book about feelings than Willems' The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! Word for word, you won't find a more entertaining one either, considering the total word count is 85. Author/illustrator/animator Mo Willems is a master of brevity and humor.
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