A story about good manners for small children. When a dog drops its ball at your feet and says, "Woof woof", what it's really saying is, "Throw my ball, please." Likewise the ducks' "Quack quack" means "Give us some bread, please", the cat's "Miaow miaow" translates as "Give me some milk, please" and the pig's "Oink oink" is to be interpreted as "Scratch my back, please". The "quack quack", "purr purr" and "oink oink" which follow are, of course, the animals' ways of saying "thank you". This, in any case, is the view of toddler Tom. He thinks the animals are very polite. But he isn't when he demands of Aunty B, "Read me a story." "Say please," says Aunty B and Tom remembers the good manners the animals taught him and copies them, literally, saying, "Woof woof, quack quack, miaow miaow, oink oink, please", then greets the end of the story with "Woof woof, quack quack, purr purr, oink oink, thank you!" Virginia Miller, who also publishes under the name Virginia Austin, has written "Squeak-A-Lot" which was runner-up for the Mother Goose Award in 1991, and she has since illustrated Martin Waddell's "Sailor Bear" as well as "Kate's Giants", "On Your Potty!", "Get into Bed!" and "Eat Your Dinner!".

 

There are 25 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 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .