1 | ''Time to...'' is a very short series of books by Creator/MoWillems (who also wrote the ''Literature/PigeonSeries'' and the ''Literature/ElephantAndPiggie'' series), consisting of only two books: ''Time to Pee!'' and ''Time to Say "Please"!''. |
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3 | Each book focuses on a whole crowd of children learning to do some basic preschool skills (in ''Time to Pee!'', it was going No. 1 in the bathroom, whereas in ''Time to Say "Please"!'', it was polite words such as 'please' and 'thank you'), and the way they learnt it was because a bunch of mice held up signs with the instructions. |
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5 | !!''Time to...'' provides examples of: |
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7 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The mice mainly go au natural, but occasionally you will see one wearing something like a hardhat or sunglasses. |
8 | * AnAesop: The books have a moral of being polite and following standards. |
9 | * AlliterativeList: The list of possible reasons to say "please" in ''Time to Say "Please"!'' are: when you want a '''t'''urn, when you want a '''t'''oy, when you want to borrow someone's '''t'''ruck, and when you want to '''t'''ry something for the first time (although the last item on the list is "stop", which doesn't alliterate). |
10 | * BackhandedApology: Defied in ''Time to Say "Please"!'', which says that "sorry" is another useful word, but you have to mean it. |
11 | * BraveTheRidePlot: Or rather 'brave the ride' ''scene''. One scene involves a little boy asking his reluctant father for a go on the roller-coaster, but then asking to stop when he's actually on the ride. |
12 | * CivilisedAnimal: The mice do thinks like throw parties and can obviously write, yet they still can't speak and are mouse-sized. |
13 | * HereWeGoAgain: ''Time to Pee!'' ends with "At least, until you get that feeling again." |
14 | * MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld: ''Time to Pee!'' ends with a P.S. saying that it's OK if you don't get it right the first time. |
15 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: The mice often hold very flashy signs for the relatively minor topics, and it's exaggerated in ''Time to Pee!'' where they throw a party to celebrate ''peeing''. |
16 | * NoNameGiven: ''None'' of the characters have names. |
17 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Time to Pee!'', the signs that read, "Boys can stand" are blue, while the signs that read, "Girls should sit" are in pink. |
18 | * PottyDance: In ''Time to Pee!'', two girls and one boy are seen with their knees together while a boy is seen with his knees together and his hands on his crotch. |
19 | * PottyFailure: The end of ''Time to Pee!'' says that it's fine if you don't get it right the first time, and we see a puddle of pee. |
20 | * TemptingCookieJar: In ''Time to Say "Please"!'', a little girl is tempted to steal a cookie from the jar, but the mice instruct her to say "please" instead. |
21 | * ToiletTrainingPlot: ''Time to Pee!'' is about learning what to do if you need to pee. |
22 | * WingdingEyes: When the blonde girl in ''Time to Say "Please"!'' wants a cookie, her eyes turn into cookies. |
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