One Star Review Guess Who? (#11)

Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon?
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Someone get me some crayons and a word processor with Courier font! […] Is it about emotional intelligence? A masked attack on “bird brained” people? Union loyalty? I am underwhelmed.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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My guess would be Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
I suspect the reviewer has never had a toddler in the house — or ever *seen* a toddler.
Seriously? How could anyone read this book and not have fun? Someone must have short-circuited their fun sensors. This is my FAVORITE read aloud EVER!