{"product_id":"dont-let-the-pigeon-question-the-rules-a-parody","title":"Don't Let The Pigeon Question The Rules!: A Parody","description":"The book \"Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus\" (2003) is a bestselling second-person narrative in which readers are asked (instructed) to keep a small bird from his chosen pastime of driving a bus. The reader is not given a choice as to whether to carry out this mandate, nor provided with the reasoning behind it. One is simply taken step-by-step through the process of forbidding the pigeon, and at each juncture expected to internalize the logic of her commanders. The book has become a successful ideological tool in the manufacture of obedience. Disguised beneath upbeat imagery and seemingly benign intent, the book’s ultimate function is to turn children dim-witted and servile, perfect prey for the despots and demagogues of their generation. Yet things need not be this way. Don’t Let the Pigeon Question the Rules is a parodic work, designed to expose the original Pigeon books for what they are: thinly veiled indoctrination in the authoritarian mindset. Applying the principle of civil disobedience, as practiced by Thoreau, Dr. King, and Gandhi, Don’t Let The Pigeon Question The Rules is a humane alternative to the bleak proceduralist vision of Mo Willems’s bestselling totalitarian classics. It presents a world in which freedom and reason can peaceably coexist.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0692319069\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0692319069.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Robinson, Nathan J\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43288640520253,"sku":"BVV.0692319069.VG","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0692319069-0.jpg?v=1782163825","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/dont-let-the-pigeon-question-the-rules-a-parody","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}