The cover alone — an image of a little girl with an
expression of exuberant begging, her hands clasped almost in prayer — seems
ready-made for Stephen Colbert’s show.
Other images in this picture book include one of a little
girl, partially dressed, asking for help putting on the rest of her outfit. ...
A hungry boy hovers over a plate of chocolate-chip cookies, his tongue hanging
out in greedy expectation: “I really, really need a cookie!” says the caption.
“Can we take them all?” asks a little girl of a litter of kittens. “Please?”
Some of the children have already committed a no-no — a girl who has dipped her
finger in a bowl of frosting, a little boy who has broken a dish — and are
asking for forgiveness by saying “Please!” after the fact.
I believe the test for parental fitness may be whether you'd buy this book for your child.
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