what would you do if a mule knocked on your door one day and said, "I've come for lunch"? You'd say, "Hello! come in, Mule."

But what if the mule was very badly behaved? you'd try to teach him some manners, wouldn't you, just like this little boy...

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Pan Macmillan .

Pamela Duncan Edwards grew up in the Wirral, but has spent most of her adult life in the USA. She worked as a children's librarian before becoming a writer and is now the bestselling author of over 30 children's books, including for Macmillan: I'M BIG ENOUGH NOW (978-0-333-99049-0) TEDDY BEAR HIDE-AND-SEEK (978-0-230-01442-8) and CATCH THAT KITTEN (978-0-333-96445-3). This is her second collaboration with illustrator, Deborah Allwright.