How to Be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best Kid You Can Be

How to

by Munro Leaf

The first collection of abridged versions of Munro Leaf’s most popular children’s guides to proper behavior—featuring retro, midcentury modern illustrations, this is the perfect gift for grandparents, parents, and children alike. Renowned children’s book illustrator and author Munro Leaf captured the whimsy and innocence of childhood for an entire generation of young readers. Now, more than fifty years later, those same readers are passing these stories down to their children and their children’s children, and Leaf’s collection of children’s books has reached iconic status.   
Collected here for the first time in one affordable volume are selections from some of Leaf’s most beloved childhood guides. With a charming mixture of fatherly concern and kindhearted humor, and without ever coming across as a scold, Leaf has helped generations of American children (and adults) learn how to behave like proper grown-ups (in grown-up company), how to speak politely, to enjoy reading, and even to remember to brush their teeth.  With over 500,000 copies of his beloved books in print, this new edition will bring Leaf’s unique voice to an entirely new group of young readers.

104 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2015

About the author

Wilbur Monroe Leaf AKA Munro Leaf, author and illustrator of dozens of children’s books.

He is best remembered for his signature character, Ferdinand, the Spanish bull who preferred smelling flowers to fighting in a ring in Spain. Composed in less than an hour one Sunday afternoon in 1935, the book sparked controversy. With the Spanish Civil War raging, political critics charged that it was a satirical attack on aggression. In Germany, the book was burned; in India, Ghandi called it his favorite. Even today, Ferdinand continues to charm children around the world—the story has been translated into over 60 languages.

Reviews

[Lisa Day · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was highly recommended. Written in poem form, it's a super quick read. I didn't agree with all the points, nor do I think being a great kid has to include all of them. There were a couple of sentences I had to read over and over because I couldn't figure out the meaning and couldn't seem to say it out loud. The illustrations are cute.

[Trish · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is helpful for teaching kids how to be happy. It is five or six book combined into one book.

[Dorian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for kids!!! It has a wonderful way of teaching children morals.