The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!

is a children's book written and illustrated by Mo Willems.

Published by Hyperion Books for Children in 2019, it is about a pigeon who must go to school, but frets about math, learning the alphabet, heavy backpacks, and what the teacher and other birds would think of him.

[1] Kirkus Book Reviews wrote: "All the typical worries and excuses kids have about school are filtered through Willems’ hysterical, bus-loving Pigeon.

"[2] and "Yes, the Pigeon has to go to school, and so do readers, and this book will surely ease the way.

"[2] An animated short film based on the book was released in 2019 (the same year the book was released)[3] by Weston Woods Studios, with narration by Willems and the additional voices of students from Side by Side School in Norwalk, CT.