Say Please

by VirginiaMiller (Illustrator), VirginiaAustin (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $6.61

  This is a story about good manners which extols the virtues of saying please and thank you . Tom demands of Auntie B, Read me a story . Say please , says Auntie B and Tom is reminded of the good manners that the animals have taught him. Virginia Miller's other books include Squeak-A-Lot (runner-up for the Mother Goose Award in 1991), Sailor Bear and the Bartholomew and George seies of books, On Your Potty! , Get Into Bed! and Eat Your Dinner!

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.44

  A story about good manners for small children. When a dog drops its ball at your feet and says, Woof woof , what it's really saying is, Throw my ball, please. Likewise the ducks' Quack quack means Give us some bread, please , the cat's Miaow miaow translates as Give me some milk, please and the pig's Oink oink is to be interpreted as Scratch my back, please . The quack quack , purr purr and oink oink which follow are, of course, the animals' ways of saying thank you . This, in any case, is the view of toddler Tom. He thinks the animals are very polite. But he isn't when he demands of Aunty B, Read me a story. Say please, says Aunty B and Tom remembers the good manners the animals taught him and copies them, literally, saying, Woof woof, quack quack, miaow miaow, oink oink, please , then greets the end of the story with Woof woof, quack quack, purr purr, oink oink, thank you! Virginia Miller, who also publishes under the name Virginia Austin, has written Squeak-A-Lot which was runner-up for the Mother Goose Award in 1991, and she has since illustrated Martin Waddell's Sailor Bear as well as Kate's Giants , On Your Potty! , Get into Bed! and Eat Your Dinner! .