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Manners Mash-Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior
by
Tedd Arnold ,
Joe Berger , Sophie Blackall , Henry Cole , Frank Morrison , Lynn M. Munsinger , Tao Nyeu , Le Uyen Pham
,
more…
To pick, or not to pick? This etiquette question and loads more are answered in fourteen hilarious spreads by fourteen talented, well-loved artists. Each spread illustrates a setting from kids' everyday lives (and the potential blunders they may commit there) and the text emphasizes the right behavior.
From the dinner table to the doctor's office, from the playground to th...more
From the dinner table to the doctor's office, from the playground to th...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
February 17th 2011
by Dial
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Manners books for kids. It’s a subculture that has been around forever and is unlikely to ever go away. From the more than 100-year-old Gelett Burgess series about The Goops to the 1958 Sesyle Joslin title What Do You Say Dear? (illustrated by Maurice Sendak, no less) to today’s Patsy Says by Leslie Tryon or those Emily Post books for kids (Emily’s Everyday Manners, etc.) there is no shortage of titles aimed at improving the habits of the young. Creative books of manners are slightly less common...more
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This book is so funny! This is a must have for any classroom (particularly K-3), school library, and home. The book teaches children the importance of etiquette, and might just teach the adults who are reading it some, too. It takes the daily life of a child, their experiences and offers up suggestions of what to do and most certainly what not to do. I chuckled out loud when reading this book, especially the "Don't Stare At" section of the book. It takes place in the school office and the manner...more
Manners Mash-Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior is a set of 14 spreads by 14 different famous picture book illustrators. Each spread is of a different place (from a bus to a swimming pool) and includes text about the good manners one should have, along with pictures showing bad manners some may have. It is a humorous and captivating way of introducing younger children to manners. I would choose this book for a manners lesson with grades Kindergarten through 3rd, although the page on 'Table Manne...more
Manners Mash-Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior by Tedd Arnold is just what the title suggests! The story begins with a picture of a school bus. Inside the bus are children breaking the rules and on the outside there are signs to remind them what they should be doing instead. Tedd uses humor to convey messages about manners such as “Don’t work on your Science Project” while a child is wearing safety goggles and transferring chemicals into a volcano to get the audience’s attention. The next few p...more
This was an interesting book in that each 2-page spread was illustrated by a different person. It was fun to see such a wide range of styles in one book. Some of the pictures were a bit scary - lady holding her cut off head, chopped off feet on the table and so on. Others were a bit 'off' - picking of a nose or a wedgie. Most kids will be okay with this and even like it, sensitive children should be aware.
The rules were often funny. The illustrations silly. My boys liked it. While it does attemp...more
The rules were often funny. The illustrations silly. My boys liked it. While it does attemp...more
This book is awesome! What a great way to get kids to pay attention to everyday etiquette! There are 14 illustrators for this book, and each one takes on a different situation where manners are important. From the Supermarket to the dinner table, there is a picture for basically every moment in a child's life that would involve proper behavior! The pictures are all set up very busy, and all over the place, which is just what a kid needs to be entertained. The situations are all presented with hu...more
You know how as parents, we aren't supposed to say "no" ALL the time? I'm taking this more as a comedy. It's mostly full of "so awful it's funny" situations. Imagining a day full of all that?
I love how each page has a theme and then, because it's illustrated by many people who each get one page to make their point, you really see their style stand out. One person can certainly do different styles of drawings, or embroidery, but because they have just those two pages in which to stand out they r...more
I love how each page has a theme and then, because it's illustrated by many people who each get one page to make their point, you really see their style stand out. One person can certainly do different styles of drawings, or embroidery, but because they have just those two pages in which to stand out they r...more
Manners mash-up is a funny entertaining introduction to proper etiquette for children. Tis book would be awesome to test your kids visual literacy on. I love how each page of illistartions was in a different style. It kept it infesting and kept me wondering what was going to show up next. I thought it was great that the book coved many situations that children mp find themselves in such as at the store, swimming in the pool and at he dinner table.
I would use this books for grades k-2 as a way to...more
I would use this books for grades k-2 as a way to...more
I was horrified when I began to read "Manners Mash-up" to my 4 year-old daughter. Aside from the negative style of teaching manners, "Don't do x. Don't do y," some of the illustrations are not age appropriate for any child in lower-level elementary school and quite frankly, are dark. I was most startled by the severed human legs on the page about Table Manners and the decapatated woman holding her own head in her lap in the doctor's office. The image of a school office worker wearing her bra on...more
In the picture book Manners Mash-Up: a Goofy Guide to Good Behavior, children can read about what is proper behavior and manners for various situations. Each page is illustrated by a different illustrator in their particular style. Each one chooses a different way to present those manners in humorous, yet blunt page spreads. The only drawback to this book is that I was hoping to see some information about manners that were out-of-date and considered silly in today’s society. Overall though, this...more
Fourteen different illustrators each get a double-page spread to show how to act (or not act) in different locations. I always prefer admonitions that word themselves positively, but there are a lot of negatives that work because of humor ("the fresh fruit is not a ball pit," "don't x-ray your little brother"). The standout page for me was by Tao Nyeu, author of Bunny Days, who presents her trademark blue, green, and orange cartoon style embroidered on linen. Soooo cool!
14 goofball illustrators of children's books get together to present a variety of different situations in which manners can be of use. Whether it's LeUyen Pham on the playground or Adam Rex in the dining room, these folks put their distinctive spin on each one of these stories, proving that even if bad manners are fun, there's a time and a place for them. Kids will love the chaos on the pages. Parents hoping for a calm text on manners may need to look elsewhere for their mannerily fix. These fol...more
Being a fan of the "aggregate illustrator" books that preceded this one("Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?" and "Knock Knock!"), this title did not disappoint. Each 2-page layout focuses on a topic---"bus manners" or "pool rules". Each spread is an adventure that children will enjoy mulling over and sharing with others for endless giggles. My children got a big kick out of the "Please Don't Pick in Public" pages showing a cross-stitch style display of the cutest animals imaginable...picking in...more
Arnold, Tedd. Manners mash-up: a goofy guide to good behavior. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011. Print.
Manners Mash-Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior
By Tedd Arnold among many, many others
I chose this book due to my classroom management skills that need some polishing especially with a few very challenging kiddos this year.
Each two-page spread is done by someone different so that the art varies from page to page making it quite interesting visually. Each spread has a different theme...more
Manners Mash-Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior
By Tedd Arnold among many, many others
I chose this book due to my classroom management skills that need some polishing especially with a few very challenging kiddos this year.
Each two-page spread is done by someone different so that the art varies from page to page making it quite interesting visually. Each spread has a different theme...more
Fourteen picture book creators take on manners in this mash up of talent. Each illustrator is given a double page spread to fill with their work as well as some advice on how to mind their manners. There is a specific setting in each one, including school, birthday party, table manners, and the supermarket. All of the illustrators approach manners with a light touch and plenty of humor, meaning that this is one manners book that children will actually enjoy!
One of the pleasures of the book is tu...more
One of the pleasures of the book is tu...more
Top notch children's illustrators come together for this humorous book of appropriate manners for certain situations.
I love the illustrations, no question. The manners themselves left much to be desired. Most were humorous and could have had real-world applications, except they were made into puns. For example, in the theater, illustrated by Dan Santat, we read "Please don't pick your nose and leave the boogers under the seat. That spot is saved for old chewed gum wads only. Yummy! Yummy!" Gross...more
I love the illustrations, no question. The manners themselves left much to be desired. Most were humorous and could have had real-world applications, except they were made into puns. For example, in the theater, illustrated by Dan Santat, we read "Please don't pick your nose and leave the boogers under the seat. That spot is saved for old chewed gum wads only. Yummy! Yummy!" Gross...more
This book is AWESOME because...it is silly but serious. It is silly in the pictures and serious in the words. The topic is manners: bus manners, cafeteria manners, playground manners etc. One of the funny parts of the book is that it has 14 different illustrators. I think the Doctor's Office behavior is funny because it says "Don't X-ray your little brother," and it shows a little kid x-raying his brother and you can see a key, a ring and a bouncy ball in his stomach.
I have a more base sense of humor than Donalyn. It probably is a 4-star book because is isn't THAT well-written, most likely, but kids will love this, and I see so many writing opportunities with this book. I love it where they say don't wipe boogers under desks (or is it theater seats) because that's reserved for used gum. 5th grade boys will love the grossness of all of that, and so will so many others. It is just a fun book for all ages. I have IDEAS!!!
Maybe we should have paged through this funny book, to which each artist has contributed a virtuoso piece (Tao Nyeu embroidered hers! overachiever!) before I took the kids to a South Indian supper club dinner this week. The boys were polite and friendly, didn't jump the buffet line, tried all the exotic food - made me so proud - right up to the moment Mao lit the table on fire.
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I really like the way this book on manners was written--each 2-page spread dealt with manners in a different situation (playground, cafeteria, classroom) and was illustrated by a different illustrator. I loved Lynn Munsinger's pigs in the cafeteria and Adam Rex's monsters at the table. The most amazing illustration was by Tao Nyeu, who made it with embroidered stitches on cloth. The last 2-page spread contains brief interviews with each of the illustrators about their "goofiest manners mishap."...more
I absolutely love this book. There are so many different authors and characters throughout the story. This is the perfect book to teach students the importance of good behavior and following directions. The students will be engaged the whole time, but on top of reinforcing good behavior, you could do a lesson on sequencing as well and what characters went through what all through the story.
I really loved this book!! It was fun having all the different illustrators doing different places to have good manners! It made it fun to read because every page was so different. But my favorite, of course, was Adam Rex's Dr. Horror-esque picture. I also really liked Tao Nyeu's illustration because it was embroidered! I had never seen an illustration done that way before.
14 of today's top children's book illustrators contribute to this funny look at manners. Each artist focusses onone are: bus manners, playground manners, good sports, etc. It's kid humor, some gross, but sure to delight readers. I liked being able to see examples of so many styles of illustration together in one place.
14 renowned picture illustrators tackle manners -- addressing proper behavior from the dinner table to visiting relatives to the swimming pool. Each topic reflects the artist's unique style. A fun book for the first week of school and those boring discussions about rules.
All of us can use a reminder of our manners on occasion and this book provides such a lesson. I think that humor is a very effective way to teach children about manners and this book succeeds in this respect. Fourteen different authors have created humorous entries, each with a different manners topic. All of the two-page spreads have colorful and entertaining illustrations, with depictions of both good and bad manners. The illustration style varies widely and we really enjoyed being able to rec...more
Yay! We spotted it on the new shelf, and both the PandaBatWolf and I were able to read it before the Possum had finished and was checking out. A delightful array of talents in illustrations, not too heavy on the text, it was delightful. Of course, Adam Rex's spread was the best. "no feet on the table" indeed.
Each two page spread is done by a different illustrator and each tackles a different subject. My favorite "Don't Pick in Public". This is a fun way for teachers/parents to bring up what is expected of their students/children.
Really liked this manners books. Instead of dull lectures, each topic is covered by different illustrator. Keep the topic funny and fresh while still being informational.
Would recommend to parents and kids alike.
Would recommend to parents and kids alike.
Not the best of the three in this series, but kids will probably still like the irreverence of this one. I can see using it during the first of the school year when rules and manners are the topic.
One of my friends uses this book to read to her class during the first week of school. It's very silly and really about what not to do, rather than what to do. However, it might be useful to read before a class writes their classroom rules (code of conduct, etc.) together.
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Tedd grew up with three brothers. His family lived on a farm in Pennsylvania for several years then returned to Elmira until Tedd was ten years old. His father's work then required that they move to Gainesville, Florida. There, Tedd's first art lessons in an abandoned dentist's office over the Happy Hour pool hall eventually led to a fine arts degree from the University of Florida.
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