Please Pass the Manners!: Mealtime Tips for Everyone

by Lola Schaefer, Kellie Lewis (Illustrator)

Overview

Please, don’t carry germs with you to your seat.
Wash your hands before you come to eat.

Grabbing and poking are quite rude.
Use the word “please” when you ask for food.

And so the rhyme goes as kids learn table manners with hilarious pigs, chickens, cows, puppies, and even a mouse! As the flaps open, the animals find out that learning table manners is a whole lot of fun! At the end of the book, kids can use the pull-out chart and 42 gold star stickers to keep track of their own table manners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416948261
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	06/23/2009
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Lola Schaefer taught elementary school for 18 years where she developed her love of storytelling. Her books include Easter Surprises, Toolbox Twins, An Island Grows, and Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed. Lola lives with her husband Ted and their two cats, Calvin and Hobbes, in the mountains of north Georgia.

Kellie Lewis is an award-winning animator who is now pursuing a career in children's illustrations. She and her family live in Urbana, Ohio, with three horses, lots of chickens, and too many dogs.

Editorial Reviews

This amusing guide to good manners features earnest cartoon animals whose habits leave something to be desired. Flaps show the animals in bad form (three puppies "gobble up" their food and "it looks gross") and a turn of the flap reveals the preferred alternative ("Use a fork or spoon to bring food close"). Kids will delight in the details of the animals' bad manners-the art keeps the text from feeling preachy. At the end, there's a "manners chart" with categories like "Using Your Napkin" and "Washing Your Hands," complete with gold stars so kids can track their progress. Ages 4-6. (June)

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