Please Play Safe!


BY MARGERY CUYLER
ILLUSTRATED BY WILL HILLENBRAND
SCHOLASTIC, PRESCHOOL-GRADE 2

Penguin's boisterous young animal friends play together in silly, then safe ways in this companion to PLEASE SAY PLEASE! Penguin and his rambunctious young friends are off to the playground, running so fast that they knock each other down. Is that right? No, that's wrong! They should walk so that no one gets hurt. At the seesaw and slide, the silly mishaps continue, with pals like Elephant and Chimpanzee playing dangerously, then safely. Hippo bounces a ball off of Penguin's head, and Rhino throws sand in Lion's fur. But by the end of the day, the friends have learned the rights and wrongs of playground play, and they even pick up their toys before heading home! 

Reviews


Hillenbrand masterfully portrays facial expressions… making it clear to even the youngest of readers what the friends are feeling when the playground rules are broken. —Kirkus Reviews
 
Hillenbrand's artwork features simply shaped, high-spirited animals outlined in black. All the fun they are having is contagious. —Booklist
 
The text is simple enough for beginners since the softly shaded, multimedia color illustrations provide excellent visual clues. The pictures are full of active animals under the watchful tutelage of whistle-wearing Penguin.
—School Library Journal
 
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