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Penguin learns to use good manners when asking for something.

Mr. Panda has a plate of doughnuts to share, but most of the other animals forget to say "Please."

Bear remembers to use his manners and say "thank you" as he makes a special card for his mother.

A story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite.

Pirates may fight and plunder booty. But when they do so, they are polite! "Pirates are unrulyand pirates love to fight,but pirates still say 'please' and 'thanks''cause pirates are polite."Are Pirates Polite?shows pirates' rowdy activitiesandteaches manners lessons. These pirates remember to say "please" and "thank you." If pirates can be polite, surely young readers can, too!Fun, rhyming text by Corinne Demas and Artemis Roehrig pairs pirates'...

"The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book?"

In this collaboration, authors Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson remind us all that a single word -- "Please?" -- is useful in a thousand different ways. From finding a lovable stray dog to needing a partner on a seesaw, from reading a bedtime story to really, really needing a cookie, this book depicts scenes and situations in which one small word can move mountains.

"Shares the interactions of the rule-following Chick and the absent-minded Brain, whose friendship is tested by miscommunications and misunderstandings about good manners."--Provided by publisher.

"A young monster with no manners goes on vacation with her parents and her older sister, who teaches her how to be polite while traveling and visiting relatives"--