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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.

Mr Gnome is a grumpy little fellow. He's really quite rude and he is definitely NOT cute. So when Miss Witch asks him to kindly stop fishing in her pond, Mr Gnome is in danger of finding out exactly what happens to gnomes who say 'NO!' --

"Plankton tries hard to get Mister Mussel to return a friendly greeting, but when Mussel finally opens his mouth the results are unfortunate for Plankton." --

A group of friends (a girl, a cat and a rabbit) demonstrate the use of the word please while playing together.

Rotten Ralph makes an earnest attempt at good behavior but is enticed, not too reluctantly, into a series of misadventures by some ruffian alley cats.

In rhyming text, this story demonstrates that even pirates can be polite, and say "please" and "thank you."

The world is a better place when we work and play together.

"Learning to work as a team is an important part of growing up. Being able to pick out when it's best to work independently and when it's best to work together can be tough, but sometimes it's necessary to accept help, and to lend help. With the guidance of this innovative volume, readers see why cooperation and working together can make things easier and more efficient" -- www.rosenpublishing.com