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Do I Have to Say Hello? Aunt Delia's Manners Quiz for Kids and Their Grown-Ups
Do I Have to Say Hello Aunt Delia's Manners Quiz for Kids and Their GrownUps Author:Delia Ephron, Edward Koren (Illustrator) Do I Have To Say Hello, by Delia Ephron, is a really great manners book for kids. It is hilariously funny but also very clear about good manners. It's presented as a book-length quiz with multiple choice answers. The wrong answers are obviously wrong, but are quite realistic in showing bad manners. The reader gets the point about wh... more »at's right, but in a way that is extremely funny, never preachy or santimonious. For example:
"You want another helping of corn.
Do you say, "Please pass the corn, Uncle Jerry"?
Do you say, "Yo, corn"?
Do you bang the table with your knife until Aunt Delia and Uncle Jerry ask what you want?"
The book also makes it obvious that good manners have everything to do with treating other people with kindness and consideration instead of just learning the proper form. For example, there's nothing about which fork to use, but plenty about being civil when you are served food you hate.« less