Real Pigeons Fight Crime

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*Real Pigeons Fight Crime* is the first book of the Real Pigeons book series. It is currently the only Real Pigeons book available in the UK, since 2021. The cover depicts Frillback, Tumbler, Homey, Rock, and Jungle Crow. In 2023, a “3D Coo-llector's Edition” was released, featuring activities and a new cover.

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## Part 1: The Great Breadcrumb Mystery

**First Character Appearances**: Rock, Grandpouter, Mr. Pie, Frillback, Tumbler, Homey, Jungle Crow, Owls, Ducks

This part starts off with Rock dressing up as animals in the Farm. The animals think this is weird, and say things like: “Real pigeons don't wear *costumes!*”. Later, an old pigeon shows up. He says he is looking for a pigeon who likes dressing up. Rock Pigeon steps up and the old pigeon introduces himself as Grandpouter, looking for a crime-fighter to protect the City. Rock says he likes staying at the farm, but is willing to try it out. He flies with Grandpouter to the city park. Rock notices all the breadcrumbs are missing and this is the case they have to solve. Three pigeons then show up: Frillback, Tumbler, and Homey. After a small fight over Homey eating a breadcrumb clue, Grandpouter urges the pigeons to watch the area for clues. Hours go by, then Rock spots a cat and makes a realization: breadcrumbs come from humans, and he has not seen a single human in the park. He tells the others his realization, and Homey tells the pigeons to go to the bakery, where they spot a human exiting. Meanwhile, Homey goes in, attracted to the smell of bread. The others notice and Rock and Frillback follow him in.

They hide inside a hat of a lady, and listen to the conversation between the lady and the girl at the counter. They discover that people think the park is haunted. Suddenly, the cat from the park goes in the bakery and snarls at the pigeons in the hat. Rock and Frillback grab Homey and fly out of the bakery to the park gazebo. They discuss what happened and all the pigeons investigate the park and find a monster crow. It is almost as big as a tree and it caws at the pigeons. No-one can fight it, so Rock has an idea to dress up as a crow to talk to the monster crow. He sees it is actually made up of crows, flying in the shape of a crow. They invite him to join the neck, and Rock asks them why they are being a monster crow. They say it is to keep the park to themselves. They ask him who their boss is, when his costume falls apart. The crows are angry at him and the crow boss arrives. Rock turns around and sees that it is the cat from the park. He is confused and in shock, when the cat takes off his head and is revealed to be a crow. He says that he is Jungle Crow, king of the crows. He explains he was a cat to steal bread, as the baker did not like birds. He is about to get Rock out of the park, when the other pigeons appear. Frillback knocks acorns out of a tree, and it slams down on the monster crow, which then scatters. The pigeons celebrate and tell the other birds to return to the park, as it was now safe. Rock thinks about returning to the farm, but realises he'd be helping animals if he stayed. He tells Grandpouter he wants to join the squad and the squad call themselves the *Real Pigeons*.

Bats see fruit, and eat it, when a trap encompasses them.

## Part 2: The Bat Trapper

**First Character Appearances**: Megabat, Dogs

This part starts off in a *Real Pigeons* bin meeting, where they talk about how bats are in trouble, and are being trapped. Rock does not know what bats are, but look forward to meeting them. They hide on the street for the night to try to find the bat trapper. Rock spots black shapes in the sky moving towards him and he is terrified. Tumbler explains they are bats, and are nocturnal. Tumbler is friends with the bats, and is happy they are not trapped. The biggest bat dances, and introduces himself as Megabat. Rock is fascinated by bats, and loves them. The bats fly away, and Rock and Tumbler follow them, while the rest of the squad stays. They fly through the city, and find no traps. They land in a fruit tree in the **Plant Nursery** and Megabat tells the pigeons that he thinks Roberta Maplesyrup, a wildlife photographer, is the bat trapper.

The pigeons look for the photographer, and Rock dresses up as a bat. Rock sits down on steps, and Roberta approaches him. She then photographs Rock, who is dancing. Roberta says “I wish I could take you home with me”, which triggers Rock, and he flies to Tumbler. He tells Tumbler what happens and she looks for the bats to warn them, but they are nowhere to be found. The pigeons have another bin meeting, and Rock and Tumbler explain what happen. Later, Rock is set up in a cage, waiting for the bat trapper. Suddenly, he is lifted up, and the other pigeons capture the bat trapper. It turns out to be Megabat. The other pigeons are shocked, and he is interrogated. He tells them he wanted to be photographed and the other bats were in the way. Teenages walk past, and they realise Rock is viral. Megabat is furious and flies away. Later, the bats are saved from the fruit tree, which was super-glued. They then fly and play with the bats.

Megabat wants revenge, and he teams up with Jungle Crow. They plan something about pigeons.

## Part 3: Danger at the Food Truck Fair

**First Character Appearances**: Mr Budge, Maria

This parts starts off with the *Real Pigeons* in a food truck fair. They are there to get dinner. Everyone wants breadcrumbs, except Frillback, who wants sausages. Homey is stunned, and Rock is confused. Suddenly, a strange ticking sound comes from something in a bag that a boy is carrying. Rock realises it is a *bomb*. But he is now gone, so Homey tries to find him. It is unsuccessful, and the pigeons split up to find the boy with the bomb. Rock and Frillback find a fortune teller booth, and ask a bird called Mr Budge what to do. The budgie tells them: “You'll find the two you seek, if out the back you take a peek.” Rock frees Mr Budge, and the two follow the bird's advice, where they find Jungle Crow and Megabat. They overhear them talking about a bomb in a bag, and the pigeons become mad. The two are shocked and fly away, and the pigeons chase them. However, the duo manage to escape. The pigeons find the others and tell them what they have discovered. They have to get the people away from the fair.

Grandpouter tells Frillback to make a fuss, but she tells them she *needs* sausages for her power, so Rock finds a scarecrow and the pigeons dress up in it. They plan to scare the humans. However, this plan fails, because the humans are amused at their costume. The scarecrow pigeons, disappointed, fly toward a sausage truck. They find the boy with the bomb, when the evil duo appear. They destroy the scarecrow costume, and Rock questions why they want to blow up the fair. They say they want privacy and fame. Rock is angry and says it is going to hurt people. The duo are confused when Rock shows them the bomb bag with the boy. The duo explain they only wanted a bang, and didn't know the boy would take it to the trucks. He returns to the other pigeons, and plan to lead away the humans. Frillback eats a sausage at the stand, and they start the plan. Rock dresses up as a flying baby, and the humans chase it to the park. Meanwhile, the others rip the bag away from the boy, and Frillback throws it into the sky, where it explodes. Later, Megabat and Jungle Crow are thrown in Mr Budge's old cage and carried away. Finally, the pigeons eat dinner, and confess that sausages taste good.

A fox shadow steals butter from the food truck fair. He says: “This butter is going to make a lot of birds *very unhappy*!”.