Yes, Please! No, Thank You!

by Valerie Wheeler, Glin Dibley (Illustrations)

Glin Dibley, a major talent whose illustrations were hailed as "exuberant" by School Library Journal, and new author Valerie Wheeler combine forces to create a rollicking, riotous picture book that will have youngsters giggling and shouting with delight.

Yes, kids will happily shout out the answers to the wonderfully silly questions posed in this picture book. And, no, they won't even realize they're learning about manners at the same time, because they'll be having way too much fun. The bright and goofy text simply encourages young ones and their parents to make a joyful noise in chorus with the happy little boy in the story.

Would you like to ride on the back of a dolphin? --Yes, please!
Would you like the dolphin to steal your bathing suit? --No, thank you.
Would you like to visit the fair and go on all the rides? --Yes, please!
Would you like to throw up on the lady beside you? --No, thank you.

Will children want to read this over and over and over again? Oh, yes please!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Humor

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2005

Reviews

[Lil Old Bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one took a bit of warming up for my daughter and I to really enjoy. I thought the illustrations were odd looking, and I didn't like how all the examples of when to see yes and no had to do with being pretty selfish! But after reading it a few times, my one year old was saying yes please and no thank you at the right times, and would grab it from the stack for me to read. So a bit of a miss for us, but it did work to teach my daughter.

[Lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's kind of stupid story wise but it's more racially inclusive which is nice. I was hoping this would teach more about manners and being polite but I don't know if teaching kids about getting everything they want is a great way to do it. Most of the yes please is kids getting what they want and the no thank you is about cleaning up. Not really a great thing for a parent to teach a child. I wouldn't recommend it. Only gave 2 stars because it is racially inclusive.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book proposes several activities and invites the reader to say "yes, please" and "no, thank you" to them. It has some fun and not so fun activities and my storytime kids enjoyed yelling out the responses.

[Peacegal · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a book that attempts to remind kids to use these polite phrases by presenting them with a variety of scenarios, some outlandish, others more realistic, and having them answer along with the children in the book.

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought the premise of the book teaching manners with a simple yes, please and no thank you would be valuable. The examples were too much gluttony.

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really cute book that my son really got into when reading today. He liked playing the "game" introduced on the first page and other than getting on the fire truck and getting soaked by the hose (I think he's afraid of their loud horns, but likes going through the sprinkler to get wet) he agreed with what he'd like to do and what he wouldn't like doing. He didn't attempt to read other than the "Yes, Please" "No, Thank You" parts, but I think he probably could have since there weren't many difficult words in it. We read it twice in a row and a third time later- all in the same day!- if that says anything.

[Jmhadzima · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was disappointed by this one. I was hoping for a great book to remind my 4-year old how to respond with good manners. The book runs through different scenarios where a child might say, "yes, please" or "no, thank you." While some of the situations are fine, a few I found inappropriate or gross. One "yes please" was in response to wanting to buy everything in a toy store. This reinforces ideas that I would rather de-emphasize. An example of a "no thank you," was in response to wanting to throw up on the person next to you on a carnival ride (after eating fair food). Yuck!

I will keep searching for a better book to teach this topic.

[Sydney Jennings · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like the book Yes, Please! No, Thank You! by Valerie Wheeler and Glin Dibley. By the front cover I would've expected a book on learning good manners. Although this book contained the words "yes please" and "no thank you," it wasn't in a way I had expected. This book gave scenarios in which you would say "yes please" and "no thank you" that aren't all good examples in which you would have those responses to. This was a colorful book though.

[Kathrine Rogers]

Manners Week

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I expected on manners.