| | If at First |  | Authors: Sandra Boynton, James Mcewan Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv) Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 1641325
Media: Hardcover Edition: 1st Pages: 32
ISBN: 0316104876 EAN: 9780316104876 ASIN: 0316104876
Publication Date: March 1980 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Former library book with usual markings, card pocket and plastic cover over dust jacket. There's a small tear at top of second page. This book has been read many times, but still has lots of life left. Hardcover.
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Product Description A determined mouse tries, tries, and tries again to move a lazy elephant up a hill.
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Great graduation present! March 23, 2005 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although I did not receive this as a graduation present, it would make a great one.
I read this book when it first came out (oh so many years ago). It was my introduction to Sandra Boynton. This is a picture book in (now) classic Boynton style of the proverb, "If at first you don't succeed, try again," Each page has a different word, with most of the pages having the word "try" on it and a different picture. A mouse is trying to move an elephant up a hill. At first the elephant doesn't budge. Then the mouse tries again to get the elephant to move. The elephant moves an inch or so. So the mouse tries again.... and so on. At last the mouse gets the elephant to the top of the hill. And the last page is "again" and you see that he has a dozen or so more elephants to get up the hill.
What a great message, that the seemingly impossible is possible, and not to rest on your laurels, there's more to be done.
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