shighley's review against another edition
3.0
A little repetitive. It might be fun to use with students by covering up the words on the left and showing just the illustrations; what does this child want? I expected a little more depth.
shanny1366's review against another edition
4.0
A surprisingly cute ode to manners. The illustrations are beautiful, the sentences are short and simple, and the font is big enough that kids should be able to easily follow along during story time.
emersonernest's review against another edition
1.0
Please don't read this.
Please don't think the world is a worse place now than 1949 or 1947.
I mean I guess it might have been a better place for rich white guys then, but they don't have it so bad now.
Also, it was terribly written.
Don't write more books meant for children.
Please.
Some of the illustrations were quite good.
Please don't think the world is a worse place now than 1949 or 1947.
I mean I guess it might have been a better place for rich white guys then, but they don't have it so bad now.
Also, it was terribly written.
Don't write more books meant for children.
Please.
Some of the illustrations were quite good.
tansybradshaw's review against another edition
1.0
This is in my work's library and it was read to a Grade 2 class. Considering who wrote the book - you cannot help but get political about it. Before being fired Bill O'Reilly spewed the right-wing vitriol that Fox News does. Some of the statements in this book make perfect sense, others even the class pointed out did not make grammatical sense.
Also, there was one questionable sentence when a child was clearly in distress and they STILL had to say please to get someone to help them. The children found that confusing as hell and not appropriate.
The teacher said you had to use your imagination to figure it out along with the picture is a way to get around it but from a writer and a left wing bias. This book is just another item that builds into the narrative that Fox News had a while back about children these days losing their manners and forgetting to say 'please.'
Also, there was one questionable sentence when a child was clearly in distress and they STILL had to say please to get someone to help them. The children found that confusing as hell and not appropriate.
The teacher said you had to use your imagination to figure it out along with the picture is a way to get around it but from a writer and a left wing bias. This book is just another item that builds into the narrative that Fox News had a while back about children these days losing their manners and forgetting to say 'please.'
pqlibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
I do like the incorporation of illustrations by multiple people, and the credit immediately given. I was enjoying the story until a co-worker pointed out how Patterson and O'Reilly (and really...it took TWO of them to write this?) probably just gathered the illustrations and then threw out suitable sentences for each. It probably wasn't more than 5 minutes worth of work. And I think it's official now...James Patterson is getting everyone's money.
csd17's review against another edition
4.0
Sold. Primarily by the illustrations but also by the one page stories.
decafjess's review against another edition
2.0
For a book about being polite, I'm having a hard time writing a polite review. It's difficult not to laugh at how, even for a book written in the simplest of sentences, Patterson needed a co-writer.
...a co-writer whose employer, Fox News, literally paid out millions and millions of dollars to women O'Reilly had sexually harassed.
I mean, really? Please.
...a co-writer whose employer, Fox News, literally paid out millions and millions of dollars to women O'Reilly had sexually harassed.
I mean, really? Please.
olivias's review against another edition
3.0
"Can I get a hug? Please."
3.5 stars
This book just went by me at work. I wouldn't have given it a second look, except that flipping through it to ensure it wasn't damaged, I saw some of the illustrations, which are so much nicer than the cover. Each page has a phrase (Can I have seconds?) followed by an illustration by a different illustrator, and the word "Please". I like the idea of exploring which situations need a please, and discussing the concept that just because you say please, doesn't always mean you can get what you asked for (all the kittens, for example!), but it's still important to say. I also like the idea of teaching kids to ask for what they want/need openly, like the quote above. The illustration is of a kid who broke a plate and has tears in his eyes. We could all use a reminder to communicate clearly about what we want and need, and to do that politely, and not expect that we will necessarily always get it, just because we asked.
3.5 stars
This book just went by me at work. I wouldn't have given it a second look, except that flipping through it to ensure it wasn't damaged, I saw some of the illustrations, which are so much nicer than the cover. Each page has a phrase (Can I have seconds?) followed by an illustration by a different illustrator, and the word "Please". I like the idea of exploring which situations need a please, and discussing the concept that just because you say please, doesn't always mean you can get what you asked for (all the kittens, for example!), but it's still important to say. I also like the idea of teaching kids to ask for what they want/need openly, like the quote above. The illustration is of a kid who broke a plate and has tears in his eyes. We could all use a reminder to communicate clearly about what we want and need, and to do that politely, and not expect that we will necessarily always get it, just because we asked.