This book introduces polite and kind expressions for making requests using ‘WOULD’ and ‘COULD.’ Young readers are already familiar with commands in imperative sentences, and this book helps them expand these into more polite and friendly forms using modal verbs.

Children practice transforming direct commands into polite requests in an amusing way by singing the song “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” replacing the lyrics with “If you wanna be a kind boy, say ‘Would you.