Please Mister Panda – Steve Antony stole my heart from the
minute I looked at this book. Having already been a fan of Steve’s previous
work (The Queen’s Hat & Betty Goes Bananas) it was no surprise that I loved
it. I am not ashamed to admit, I am quite fond of a panda. Mr Panda, in this
adventure is one of my favourite fictional pandas I have met. He is
delightfully grumpy whilst being very cute.
Mr Panda walks around all day offering various animal
friends his doughnuts. They all reply to him rather abruptly that they would or
wouldn’t like a doughnut and become upset when Mr Panda replies “No, you can
not have a doughnut. I have changed my mind.” Until one of his friends, a
rather cheeky looking lemur says the magic word…please! The lovely lemur is
then rewarded with all of Mr Panda’s doughnuts for being so polite.
This is a fun and hilarious picture books that teaches
children about the importance of manners. The illustrations, for me is what make
the book so funny and unique. I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Antony recently
at his launch party for Please Mr Panda and from what I could gather; everyone
in the room (and in America by the sounds of it) has fallen in love with Mr
Panda.
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