Get Ready for School: Good Behaviour

Follow along with the adventures of a giant elephant and a mischievous baby in this timeless picture-book story. When an Elephant meets a Bad Baby and offers them a ride, it's the start of a wild adventure - going 'rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta' down the road, and helping themselves to ice creams, lollipops, and all manner of sweet treats. But as a long line of disgruntled shopkeepers and salespeople begin to follow them, Bad Baby learns the importance of saying 'please,' and all the trouble you can get into if you forget...

You probably know it's good manners to ALWAYS say 'please' when asking for something. But when Bill forgets this very simple rule, the consequences are WACKIER than he could ever have imagined. Get ready for a laugh-out-loud adventure featuring spaceships, jungle tigers, mountain yaks, fairytale castles and a whole host of alien toads.

When a dragon comes to stay, will she behave herself? Why, of course she will. Obviously she knows she must share her toys, eat daintily and skip happily upstairs at bathtime. Well, not quite. Like all toddlers, this little dragon finds good manners a tiny bit tricky. It's lucky she has some friends to help her.

Rhino does not have very nice manners, especially at the dinner table. But soon no one wants to sit near him at lunch time and he even misses out on tea at his friend's house. It is time for Rhino to bring out his very best manners.

Panda has a tray of doughnuts. Animal after animal tells him the one they want, but it's only when Lemur says 'please' politely that Panda will give any out! A witty and stylish lesson that manners will get you EVERYTHING. Even a trayload of doughnuts.

Penguins are always perfectly polite. But then Polly the not-so-polite penguin decides that being polite is boring! Uh oh!

Bear can't wait to introduce himself to his new neighbours because he thinks he has the best name in the world! But when he learns his neighbours' names he can't stop laughing and his comments become more and more rude! Will Bear ever learn some manners?

Join Algernon the raccoon at Miss Molly's School of Manners and take lessons in the Careful Listening Laboratory and the Art of Sharing Studio, learn table manners in the Dining Hall of Decorum, visit Sorry Sickbay, and shine at Good Sports Day.

Welcome to the jungle! It's full of misbehaving animals, from messy monkeys to grumpy grizzly bears. But with the help of our quirky, memorable rhymes and adorable animal illustrations, your child will enjoy learning why it pays for pandas to say 'please', and how good manners make the world go round.

The penguins really want to make some new friends. But does anyone want to play? When two penguins arrive from a faraway place and want to make friends, the other animals do not want to play with them. If only they would give the penguins a chance, they might discover how wonderful they really are!

The Little Princess wants her dinner! And her teddy, and her potty. Several tantrums later, she learns that good manners go a long way. But not everyone else is so polite - Beastie must also master 'please' and 'thank you' if the Little Princess is to give him his dinner back.

Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone knew how to apologise? For both listeners who are just learning and older readers who need a refresher, this book will come as a welcome reminder that even though apologising can be hard, it doesn't have to be complicated.

A simple, yet hilarious, story about kindness, manners and friendship that gets more and more chaotic with every turn of the page!

Finn has always loved going to stay with his grandma - until one day, he tells a little fib that gets out of control! This is a book about telling the truth. Be open, be honest, be you!