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Art © 2008 by Mo Willems

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy !The highly anticipated new book from three-time Caldecott Honoree

Mo Willems!

I'll take really good care of it!

Would you let this guy have a puppy?

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Who

doe

sn’t

love

pup

pies

? D

raw

the

pupp

y of

you

r dre

ams!

PUPP

IES!

AWWW . . .

Art © 2007 Mo Willems

!

Let's D

raw

th

e P

IGEON!

6.D

raw

two

lines

dow

n fo

r his

le

gs (

just

lik

e yo

u di

d fo

r Pi

geon

’s n

eck)

.

7.M

ake

thre

e le

tter V

s: tw

o fo

r th

e Pi

geon

’s fe

et a

nd o

ne fo

r hi

s w

ing

(whi

ch g

oes

insi

de

the

circ

-ang

le).

Your

pig

eon

does

n’t

have

to

look

lik

e m

ine–

just

rem

embe

r to

hav

e fu

n! T

he

mor

e yo

u dr

aw, t

he b

ette

r you

get

! Onc

e yo

u ge

t bas

ic d

raw

ing

dow

n, y

ou c

an tr

y va

riatio

ns,

mov

ing

the

Pige

on’s

be

ak,

win

gs,

legs

, an

d ey

es t

o se

e ho

w m

any

feel

ings

you

can

get

!

Your

pal

, MO!

by M

o W

illem

s

Con

grat

ulat

ions

! You

dre

w th

e Pi

geon

! Sho

w y

our p

als!

1.At

the

top

of

your

pag

e, m

ake

a ci

rcle

for P

igeo

n’s

head

. Now

dr

aw a

noth

er,

smal

ler

circ

le

insi

de it

. You

’ve

mad

e a

donu

t!

2.N

ow

dark

en

in

the

eyeb

all

insi

de t

he s

mal

l ci

rcle

. W

here

yo

u pl

ace

the

eyeb

all

(in t

he

mid

dle,

up,

dow

n, o

r to

the

side

) w

ill de

term

ine

how

the

Pig

eon

feel

s!

3.N

ow m

ake

a si

dew

ays

lette

r “M

” fo

r th

e Pi

geon

’s b

eak.

(If

you’

d ra

ther

mak

e a

side

way

s le

tter

“W”,

that

’s fi

ne w

ith m

e.)

4.D

raw

tw

o st

raig

ht l

ines

dow

n fo

r th

e Pi

geon

’s n

eck,

and

two

stra

ight

lin

es

acro

ss

for

his

colla

r. (T

his

is a

lway

s m

ore

fun

with

sou

nd e

ffect

s!)

5.N

ow c

omes

the

pat

ente

d M

o W

illem

s “c

irc-a

ngle

” fo

r th

e Pi

geon

’s b

ody!

A c

irc-a

ngle

is

a ci

rcle

th

at

halfw

ay

thro

ugh

chan

ges

its m

ind

and

deci

des

to

beco

me

a tri

angl

e.

Maze A

nsw

er K

ey

Colo

rin

g P

age!

Woof!

Lic

k,lic

k!

(What

colo

r is s

lobb

er?)

Colo

rin

g P

age

(Make m

e look g

ood!)

Oh, hello.

ACTIV

ITY S

HEETS

The P

igeon W

ants

a M

aze!

(Help

Pig

eon g

rab

a h

ot

dog, a b

unny, a f

rie

nd,

and a

bus o

n h

is w

ay t

o f

ind t

he p

uppy! )

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