Winnie the Pooh's Book of Manners by Mary Hogan, John Kurtz (Illustrator)

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Pooh knows that good manners are important to have, but exactly which ones go where, and when? Christopher Robin is happy to help Pooh and his Hundred-Acre Wood friends sort them all out.

Children's Literature

Pooh learns that manners are the ways that we treat each other, that they are the things we do and say that tell others that we care about them. Pooh and his friends of the Hundred-Acre Wood learn their manners while visiting friends, playing games, going to a party, setting the table, at the table, and on the phone. "So now do I know every manner?" wonders Pooh at the end. Christopher Robin explains that different manners arise all the time, "You should ask before you borrow something, and return it promptly. Cover your mouth if you are sneezing or yawning. Give your seat to someone who needs it..." But since Pooh is confused by so many rules, Christopher Robin assures him that he really only has to remember one rule, "and that's to treat others as you like to be treated." This is a wonderful book to teach children about manners in a loving and playful way. The learning of manners has been effortlessly embedded into the traditional Winnie the Pooh setting. Each chapter ends with a catchy rhyme, which helps Pooh (and the reader) to remember the manners he has learned. Great artwork and many full-page illustrations. Based on the Pooh stories by A.A. Milne. 2000, Disney Press, $13.99. Ages 3 up. Reviewer: Ute Krappen-Clancy

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