How a Bully Learns to Share ... "James Alexander's nickname was Jim, But nobody would be friends with him. No one wanted to play with Jimmy, For Jim Alexander always said, "Gimme." Thus begins the rhyming story of Jim Alexander, whose nickname was Gimme-Jimmy because he was a greedy and selfish bully. Imagine Jimmy's concern when he found that every time he said the word "Gimme," his hand grew larger! Jimmy was happy to discover that when he was polite and said, "Please" and "Thank you," his hand began to shrink. He started practicing his new "Polite Rule" and found out that it was much more fun to share. Author Sherrill S. Cannon wrote three children's books that garnered prestigious awards in 2011. In less than two years, this award-winning grandmother of nine had three books and five children's plays published. Gimme-Jimmy is her fourth book. Her earlier book The Magic Word received a Readers Favorite Gold Medal, a NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award and a Global eBook Finalist Award; Santa's Birthday Gift received a National Indie Excellence Finalist Award and a Readers Favorite Silver Medal; and Peter and the Whimper-Whineys won a Readers Favorite Bronze Medal and a USA Best Books Finalist Award. These three award-winning titles are all available as eBooks, and Peter and the Whimper-Whineys is also available as an app. A former teacher, Sherrill S. Cannon of Great Bend, Pennsylvania, is retired and travels the country with her husband in an RV, going from coast to coast to visit their children and grandchildren, sharing her wonderfully rhyming books along the way. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon A delightful children's book...teach young children good manners...not to be selfish. Jimmy is a bully and demanding towards others...a great tool for teaching manners and get a point across to young children...this book will be a memorable story to help children remember not to be "gimmes" and follow the polite rule. - Readers Favorite Gimme-Jimmy had no friends...His favorite word was gimme...takes on Jimmy the bully, but concentrates more on his selfishness, it's-mine attitude, and his I-want-it-now greediness. To add to the fun, Elisabeth from The Magic Word appears on a page, as do the covers for two of the author's earlier books...This book is a keeper. -Kid-Lit Reviews From "Gimme-Jimmy" I learned to be nice to other people, otherwise you won't have very many friends and you will be kind of lonely. My favorite part...was when Jimmy started to be nice and when his hand got to be the same size as the other hand...and also the illustration of his new 'Polite Rule.' - Cayden Aures (age 7.5) Reader Views Delightful, adorable and hilarious. .. will want to read them and have them read to them, time and time again. If you are looking for the best possible story books for your child or grandchildren you must look for her books! - GMTA, Kitty Bullard Delightful, adorable and hilarious. .. will want to read them and have them read to them, time and time again. If you are looking for the best possible story books for your child or grandchildren you must look for her books! - GMTA, Kitty Bullard Gimme-Jimmy is my fourth published rhyming book, and it also deals with manners and consideration for others. It's about how a bully learns to share. Jimmy and his father work together to help Jimmy learn to be polite, (since my previous book, The Magic Word, was about a mother and daughter). I hope children learn the value of thinking of others, and learning to make friends. Gimme-Jimmy has won five awards:  2012 Readers Favorite Silver Medal, 2012 NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award, Third Place in the 2013 Reader Views Awards, 2013 Global eBook Silver Medal, and National Indie Excellence Finalist. Sherrill S. Cannon is a former teacher, mother of four and a grandmother of ten, who is also an Award-Winning Best-Selling Author! In less than five years, her books  My Fingerpaint Masterpiece ,  Manner-Man ,  Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the   Whimper-Whineys  and  Santa's Birthday Gift  have received twenty-eight 2011-14 National awards. She is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children, produced in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as well as Australia, Austria, Botswana, Cambodia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates (so far).  She is a resident of New Hope, PA and travels with her husband of 54 years throughout North America in their RV, sharing her books along the way! Used Book in Good Condition