Sassafras

Sassafras is a little elephant who misguidedly thinks that being a little sassy is a good thing. As we all know, a little sass leads to a lot, and Sassafras soon becomes disrespectful to both parents and teachers alike. In delightful twists and turns, the story teaches the value of simple respect.

Sassafras Tee, a young elephant, has an annoying habit: she always has to have the last word. If her mother says, “Hurry! You’ll be late for school,” Sassafras sarcastically replies, “Late for school . . . late for school.” Her habit of always repeating what is said so that she has the last word has earned her a nickname: Sassy.

Sassafras will copy everyone, even her teacher. This gets her sent home with a letter for her mother. Sassafras has never seen her mother so angry. She sends Sassafras to bundle grass in the meadow.

Will Sassafras ever stop repeating what others say?

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This delightful story brings its young readers a message: Kindness is always appreciated more than sarcasm.

The youngest readers, ages two through show more six, are the target audience for this Serendipity Book. Beautiful, full-color, full-page illustrations accompany this sweet tale in which the young elephant . . . and the child . . . learns an important lesson.

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This is definitely one book that would have me sticking out my tongue and rolling my eyes when I was a kid if I had read it for I loved to mock my siblings when I was feeling certainly mischievous. But I can honestly say I would never have mocked my teachers like this little elephant did in the story while she did need a good spanking.

The thing that annoyed me is I thought it was a great idea to use the cliff and the echo coming from it to give little Sassy a taste of her own medicine. But as an afterthought the author turned around and made it on a mouse on the cliff, which in my own sense defeated the lesson since now you have someone else mocking even if it isn't spitefully done so. Kind of a double standard....

A very good book to teach students a lesson. The book is about an elephant who has a problem being sarcastic. Without being too preachy, the book explains why being sarcastic isn't nice. It is a good book, easy to read, and with plenty of pictures.