Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!): WORLD BOOK DAY 2023 AUTHOR
Swapna Haddow, Sheena Dempsey
Subjects
- Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
- Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
Average rating
WINNER of the Greenhouse Funny Prize; SHORTLISTED for the Sainsbury’s Book Award and numerous regional awards, this hilarious series is adored by its readers!
Our favourite pompous pigeon is BACK! And about to trade places with a pigeon prince, descended from Indian royalty.
Dave Pigeon and his best friend Skipper are taking in the sights of London. Whilst pecking around the gates of the Royal Palace, looking for high-brow snacks to feast on, they meet Prince Raju Pigeon, one of the Queen’s personal birds from the Royal Lofts.
Raju is tired of royal life and longs to see life beyond the palace gates. Dave suggests they swap places for a short while! Raju will get to see how normal pigeon lives and Dave will be pampered in the Royal Lofts.
Of course, this all goes to Dave’s head and as he laps up the royal treatment becoming more unbearable than ever. But life in high society is not all it’s cracked up to be . . .
A very feathery prince and the pauper story, rich in diversity, packed full of gorgeous illustrations and giggle-until-you-wee jokes, perfect for emerging readers.
‘A hilarious new series.’ Angels and Urchins
‘A really enjoyable read for children just moving into chapter books.’ Books for Keeps
‘Readers will love this action packed story about friendship, bravery and the lengths a pigeon will go to to secure themselves a crumbly treat.’ Reading Zone
‘I can’t imagine any child not loving Dave and waiting excitedly for his next adventure.’ Serendipity Reviews
‘Readers will love it as it is full of daring and bravery, and much backfiring of ridiculous schemes and much crossing out.’ The School Librarian
Reviews
I really liked this book because it was adventurous and about not everything seems like it is. This book taught me to help out my friends whenever they are in need. The main characters are Kapi, Raju, Dave and Skipper. All of these characters are great and have a great role in this book. I would recommend this book to all age groups for whoever that wants to read this book. There are 4 books of the series and they all are probably as great as this marvellous book.
Dona Daffodil Sunshine 30.07.2024
i really enjoyed this book because i have read the series with dave and his co pigeon skipper and this book has good twists and a funny plot to it would 110% recommend this book to ages 6-15 an awesome book would recommend to my friends :)
Anonymous 11.08.2023
I really liked it as it was quite different from the previous Dave Pigeon books. My favourite character was Skipper and my least favourite was, actually I have two so were, Princess Niyanta and Palomi, especially Palomi. The ending is alright I don't like Prince Raju's decision about his sister and her role. Just saying I also really wanted Skipper to accept the sticky popcorn from Mickey Lightning (Dave's dad). Mickey Lightning is also one of my favourite characters.
Marshal Bubbles Rubber-duck 08.08.2023
Star Reviewer
I liked this book. this book is about two pigeons called dave and skipper going to a palace. this book is a chapter book. this is book 4 in the series. I recommend this book 7-9.
Princess Tuesday Squirrel 07.08.2023
It wasn't really bad I kind of liked it
Princess Flossy Glitterball 11.07.2023
I thought it was funny. I thought the book was about a pigeon called Dave and he went to a palace to swap places with the prince and it was harder than he thought. I liked Dave the best. I would recommend this book to people who like books that have characters who are not sensible and are silly.
Coach Portobello Gravy 21.08.2022
Good and a bit tense! It was also very funny.
Fairy Kiki Costa-Rica 27.06.2022
Funny . Loved the view as a pigeon . My fav character was skipper because he took things serious .
Anonymous 27.05.2022
Fun read, when the pigeons swapped places
Anonymous 02.12.2021
It's great!
Anonymous 12.09.2021
When I saw 2 Daves I went crazy.
Coach Esmerelda Vesuvius 09.09.2021
Dave Pigeon is very funny and has been invited to a royal occasion. The illustrations are amazing. I would recommend this book.
Baroness Rapunzel Biscuits 05.09.2021
I liked this book. I would recommend it.
Nurse Iguana Rubber-duck 22.08.2021
Dave Pigeon went to the dungeon and the King Pigeon swapped, so Dave became the king and the king became Dave.
Doctor Ursula Skateboard 10.02.2021
epic
Captain Flash Bouncy-castle 26.08.2020
I liked the Raju who was a prince it was fiction yes I would recommend it
Director Blueberry Casserole 18.08.2020
The latest Dave Pigeon book was the best out of all the books and the funniest.
Anonymous 11.08.2020
This was fiction. I liked Dave because he is really funny. It was about Dave going to the Palace and he saw someone who looked like him. The pigeon was the Royal Pigeon. So they swapped places and Dave was not that good at being the Royal Pigeon. So lots of funny things happened. I liked when Dave ate the other Prince's breakfast. Yes I would recommend it to someone else.
Professor Bart Quagmire 01.08.2020
I really liked Dave the Pigeon he is so funny. Dave swaps with the royal pigeon for a day. The royal pigeon's sister wants to be the royal pigeon because her brother is. But she doesn't know Dave isn't her brother. She tries to ruin his day and the pigeon fleas were really funny. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that likes funny books and its an easy read.
Principal Peaches Starlight 28.07.2020
It was very funny. I would recommend to someone else
Esquire Burp Mystery 01.07.2020
