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233rd out of 262 books
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Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book
Illus. in full color. The animal residents of Busytown learn useful lessons about manners, thoughtfulness, and caring in this perky, funny paperback....more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
August 12th 1973
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 1973)
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This book was good with its words and pictures, it's like a magazine if children liked reading magazines. If this book were read to a child, it would be good for them because it teaches about how they should act and it also teaches about using good manners, safety rules, etc.... This book seems to have multiple short stories in it so it should be able to keep everyone awake because you move onto a new story fast. This book has animals in it instead of people which I thought was interesting becau...more
Love, LOVE Richard Scarry. Though his illustrations are cartoony, they are intriguing and funny to children...and me! This book is a marvelous, thorough, overview of the good manners we all want children (and adults!) to demonstrate. He covers disciplined routines, patience and helpfulness, table manners, cooperative kindness, proper party etiquette, car & fire safety, even mud tracking on clean floors (at least Lowly Worm only has one foot...)! My favorite section is "Lowly Worm's Horrid Pe...more
I grew up reading Richard Scarry, so was happy to find this to read while waiting in the pediatrician's office. My 6 year old enjoyed it. I was a little dismayed to the extremely stereotypical gender roles presented in this book (all of the mothers were cooking or cleaning, the fathers going to work in suits or reclining and watching tv) but had to ultimately put it down to the time period in which the book was written.
I'm delighted that my son loves this childhood favorite of mine. There are lot of lessons in here about safety and manners and respect. I have a copy given to me in 1976 by my grandparents. I got my son a new copy and he loves that we've put his name it "just like Mommy's."
This is cure--I love his illustrations--and I'm sure I must have read some of the stories in this book when I was little. I get a kick out of Lowly the worm-- great name! I love to see how he knots himself so that he can hold a fork or spoon. So cute!
This was one of my favourites when my children were young, and one of theirs as well. In fact, we consumed a cart-load of Scarry. Soon, I can start again with my grand-children!
This is a great anthology. This is a good collection of stories to read to children to teach them the importance of please and thank you.
An adorable manners book for young children. Richard Scarry never fails to please.
Another one of the first and most memorable books that I read as a child :)
I still now this book by hard!!! Pig will and Pig won't are unforgettable!
Another classic book from my childhood.
I loved this book.
learn proper behavior
Sep 11, 2007
Cindy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
kids and parents
Shelves:
childrensbooks,
picture-book
This book presents manners in a fun and familiar context for little readers. My kids already love Huckle and Lowly, so it was easy for them to enjoy this book. My favorite story is Pig Will and Pig Won't. At my house, we need constant reminders on good manners, and this book makes it fun. Parents will enjoy it too.
Can I use the word delightful? My first grader LOVED the book, you can read it in small segments or all at once - she learned the term "dozen" as in "don't make your mother ask you a dozen times to go to bed." Great introductory book to manners and thinking of others' feelings.
My mom read this book to me so many times I had it memorized. To the point of knowing when to turn the pages and convincing Dad I knew how to read. Mom burst that bubble with the dreadful truth.
This is the book that infamously introduced the Todd Family to Pig Will and Pig Won't -- two literary characters that continue to come up in family discussions after 20 & 30 years.
I learned that you should be in bed and never stay up and let your mother ask you a dozen times. I learned that you should not pick up other people's things (stealing).
As I remember it, this was one of the best children's manner books that I've read. It is full of gentle humor and practical--not preachy or snobby--lessons in good manners.
Please, thank you. How not to be a horrible pest.
"A Noisy Pest is always shouting and giving people headaches. No one likes to have a headache."
"A Noisy Pest is always shouting and giving people headaches. No one likes to have a headache."
A collection of stories on manners, following rules, safety and the like. Cute characters as always.
viv's scarry phase. classic characters/stories.
A fun primer for teaching kids about manners.
This is a good book about manners.
Um, thank you!
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