Children's book giveaway: Give Please a Chance

nelliemaggs I thought it was just me being picky!

Wonderful book - fully appreciated by my granddaughter.. we have now started a game, including finding our own times and situations which run along the same theme and express gratitude. Has quickly become a favourite game on the long walk to school and home! Thank you Gransnet - really appreciated it - Nan and granddaughter alike! xx

I have written a review for this book,sorry must have done it in the wrong place.
Thank you for the book,lovely hard cover and bright pictures. I read it to my 3 year old Grandchildren, they asked me to read it several times.
In some of the situations I had to explain why 'Please' was used as it wasn't obvious to a child right away.
I have no problem with the God page.
My 88 year old Mother read it as she reads James Patterson books.

It was a lovely book and my grandchildren have enjoyed the pictures.

Thanks for this book. My 4 year old granddaughter read it to me - the text and language was simple enough for her. She enjoyed it and discussed the situations and pictures.

As other people have said, I wasn't at all happy with the God page and wasn't sure how to approach this. However my granddaughter read the page and had nothing to comment about it, unlike every other page. It was obviously outside of her experience and didn't interest her.

What a lovely book. The illustrations are exceptional all by different artists. The twins absolutely loved it and each illustration gives you plenty to talk about on top of the simple written text

Thankyou for the book, it really has beautiful illustrations. My grandchildren are - one year old girl, five, six and seven year old boys and another girl aged nine. I got the chance to read it with my six year old grandson and nine year old granddaughter. My grandson has some problems sounding out so it was nice to sit with him going through the simple text and talking about what was happening in the pictures and why "please" was in each of them even though it wasn't always obvious. As we went through, he found it easier to tell me, without much prompting, exactly what each child was actually asking. Once finished I asked if he enjoyed the book and if he knew what it is teaching. "Yes" he liked the book very much and and it was "to teach children to be polite and have manners" - to remember to say please!

Thank you for the wonderful book. My grandson, rising one years old loves the bold big colorful pictures and listens attentively when read to him. My son in his 20's who read it thinks it is brilliant to instill the word 'Please' early on in the young lives of little children. I agreed as I taught my sons this very important word in life.I have given the book to my daughter in law who has been reading it to my grandson and think it is a fantastic book

Thank you for the book which was much enjoyed by my 4 year old granddaughter. Illustrations are lovely.

Thank you very much for the lovely book, I have been reading it with my eldest grandson ( almost 4) he has enjoyed adding the word please at the end of every page. It will be used again for his younger brother so both will benefit from the very important message. Love the illustrations too.

I read this book with my gas aged 4 and 15 months. The younger one quite liked it and did look at the pictures himself when it was on the sofa but the older one didn't like it and only listened to a few pages before going off.
I like others wasn't sure about the please being placed at the end of every sentence and felt that some of the situations felt that you wouldn't use please in that manner.
I did like the pictures and felt they gave lots of scope for discussion.
Don't think this is going to become a favourite with the boys.

we loved the book

I read this book with my 3 year old granddaughter, it has not impressed me or her at all or my daughter when she read it with her. The two authors are not know to me as children's authors so don't have a sway for me to search out their other books to compare. Pleasant enough illustrations but not a book we'll be returning to here or at her house, it doesn't have "pull", a rhythm or rhymes, doesn't show the children examples of adults saying please to them. It will be read a few times and end up at the back of the bookcase, unloved and unwanted.

I read this firstly with my four year old grandson, who having gone thru it once wanted to do it twice more ! Its beautifully illustrated, and a nice format/size, but would have preferred the God reference omitted. My five year old grandson said he liked the illustrations very much.Manners are so important and there doesnt seem to be enough emphasis by todays parents in enforcing them, so this book touched a cord with me.

Absolutely loved reading this book with my grandaughter, very pleased someone has written a book about manners, it is something that was drummed into us as kids, think many kids today dont bother with manners, this book is ideal for teaching manners in a fun way, many thanks!

I have to say that if I'd seen this book in a shop I'm not sure it's one I'd have bought so it was lovely to get the chance to read it. We normally read books with more of a story and I'm afraid at times my gd got a bit bored with the repetition. My gd loved the cover with the raised writing and could just sit and stroke it for ages! We both loved all the pictures and I enjoyed that they used so many different artists. I didn't think all the situations in the book quite made sense and, I'm afraid we skip the page with the prayers as this means nothing to my gd. Overall a sweet book with some lovely pictures but I'm not sure it will become a firm favourite in our house.

Thank you for my copy. I'm afraid it wasn't really a hit with my GC aged 6,4, and 1. They know the importance of good manners (well perhaps not the baby just yet) but the 'please' placed at the end of some of the illustrations didn't seem to make sense to the older two. The reference to god wasn't necessary in my opinion, that alone would have stopped me from buying it.

Having said all that, they and I liked the illustrations, it's a big bold book, however I'm not quite sure what age it's aimed at.

Thank you so much to Gransnet for telling me I am the winner of the voucher, it's a lovely surprise and I look forward to receiving it.