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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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