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Pigeon Books in Order

Pigeon by Mo Willems contains 17 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (1994) and the newest is The Pigeon WON'T Pick a Color! (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1994–2026
Pages on record
525 in 9 of 17 books
Reading time
8.8–13 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 525 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable Pigeon checklist

Pigeon is Mo Willems's picture book series, 17 short and humorous books about a pigeon. Titles run from The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (1994) and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003) to The Pigeon WON'T Pick a Color! (2026), at a median length of 40 pages. Emotions, a bus driver and a duckling recur across the run, and several books have appeared in Spanish-language editions.

How many Pigeon books are there?

Pigeon has 17 books, released between 1994 and 2026.

Pigeon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Pigeon books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems, book 1 of the Pigeon series (1994)
  2. Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems, book 2 of the Pigeon series (2003)
  3. Cover of The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems, book 3 of the Pigeon series (2005)
  4. Cover of The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! by Mo Willems, book 4 of the Pigeon series (2005)
  5. Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems, book 5 of the Pigeon series (2006)
  6. Cover of Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems, book 6 of the Pigeon series (2008)
  7. Cover of The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems, book 7 of the Pigeon series (2012)
  8. Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book! by Mo Willems, book 8 of the Pigeon series (2012)
  9. Cover of The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems, book 9 of the Pigeon series (2014)
  10. Cover of The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems, book 10 of the Pigeon series (2019)
  11. Cover of The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster by Mo Willems, book 11 of the Pigeon series (2022)
  12. Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! by Mo Willems, book 12 of the Pigeon series (2023)
  13. Cover of Will the Pigeon Graduate? by Mo Willems, book 13 of the Pigeon series (2025)
  14. Cover of The Pigeon WON’T Count to 10! by Mo Willems, book 14 of the Pigeon series (2025)
  15. Cover of It's My Bird-Day! by Mo Willems, book 15 of the Pigeon series (2026)
  1. 1
    The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too!1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  2. 2
    Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!2003 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200340
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!2005 · 12 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200512
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  5. 5
    Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!2006 · 25 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200625
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  6. 6
    Pigeon Wants a Puppy!2008 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200840
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 8
    Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book!2012 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 9
    The Pigeon Needs a Bath!2014 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201432
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 10
    The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!2019 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201940
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 11
    The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 12
    Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!2023 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202340
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 13
    Will the Pigeon Graduate?2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  13. 14
    The Pigeon WON’T Count to 10!2025 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202524
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  14. 15
    It's My Bird-Day!2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  15. 16
    The Pigeon WON'T Play with Shapes!2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  16. 17
    The Pigeon WON'T Pick a Color!2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Is there a chronological order for Pigeon?

No separate chronological order is on record for Pigeon, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Pigeon books in order?

You should read the Pigeon books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Pigeon book also stands alone.

Where to start with Pigeon

Start with The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Pigeon book?

The Pigeon WON'T Pick a Color! (2026) is the newest Pigeon book released so far.

Is there a new Pigeon book coming?

No next Pigeon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Pigeon at a glance

Still running
Pigeon is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Pigeon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
525 pages across the 9 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 40 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Pigeon books, 7 of 17, were published in the 2020s.

What the Pigeon books are about

12 of the 17 Pigeon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mo Willems

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Mo Willems

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.