Manners Matter on the Playground

by Lori Mortensen, Lisa Hunt (Illustrator)

Who is using good manners on the playground? Can you guess who is using bad manners? Take a peek at students at recess to see how they use good manners to take turns, play fair, and share.

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Lori Mortensen is an award-winning children's author of more than 100 books. Her books, which reviewers have praised as “stellar” “as good as it gets” and “begs to be read aloud,” have been published by such notable publishers as HarperCollins, Henry Holt, Abrams, Bloomsbury, and Peachtree. Popular releases include, Arlo Draws an Octopus, illustrated by NYT bestselling author/illustrator Rob Sayegh, Jr., If Wendell Had a Walrus, illustrated by NYT bestselling author/illustrator Matt Phelan, Cowpoke Clyde Rides the Range, a Bill Martin Jr., Picture Book Award Nominee and the sequel to Amazon bestseller Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg, and picture book biographies Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey and Away with Words, the Daring True Story of Explorer Isabella Bird.
When she’s not greeting geese at the lake, or putting her nose in a mystery, she’s tapping away at her keyboard, conjuring, coaxing, and prodding her latest stories to life. Today, she lives in the foothills of Northern California with her family and all birds that flock to her feeder—including a gluttonous squirrel.

Reviews

[Lydia]

SUMMARY: This book goes through different scenarios on the play ground at school and shows examples or “how-tos” for students to think through about what to do in those cases. It is a book for social situations that might be hard to solve on their own.

EVALUATION: I think this book is a great piece of literature for younger students. This book can be used for situations that have already happened or for students to think through what they would do if these things happened to them.

TEACHING POINT: I would use this book as a set of examples to think through with my younger students. I think using it before any of those situations happened is more productive and helpful for students.