You Can;t Move a Hippo by Michael Catchpool and Rosalind Beardshaw

This book reinforces how important it is to use your manners and be polite when asking people to do something. This book is about a sleepy hippo who is sleeping on the bridge and in the way of some jungle animals. There was a lion who tried to order him off by yelling, a monkey who tried to push him off the bridge, and a warthog who tried to bounce him off the bridge. All three of the animals had no luck in getting the hippo to move. All of a sudden a little mouse comes along and gets the hippo to move. If you are interested in how the tiny mouse got the huge hippo to move, you should definately read the book. This story has a lot of bright colors and fun pictures. It would be good to use for young children because it has repetition and fun words the kids could act out (ie. ROAR). It also has a good moral for the students to learn about manners. I would include this in my collection to demonstrate appropriate ways to act and handle situations.