You Can Be Polite: Be Rude or Use Tact?

by Connie Colwell Miller, Victoria Assanelli (Illustrations)

William hates pepperoni pizza. And that's what the neighbors are serving when William's family visits for dinner. What would you do if you didn't like the food?

In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending picture book, William is served food he doesn't like. Will he be polite and use tact or get upset and be rude? Readers make choices for William and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussion questions.

Expressive illustrations and the power to choose your story support social-emotional learning and decision-making for kids, making this an excellent book to spark discussion and encourage polite manners in social situations.

Genres: Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 2020

Reviews

[AllyP Reads Books · Rating 1 out of 5]

The premise of this choose-your-own-adventure book is to choose politeness, but the problem is that both of the choices offered are rude and tactless. Just because you don't throw a fit does not mean that you made a good choice. The MC is at a neighbor's house for dinner with his family. The hosts serve pepperoni pizza which the MC does not like. So the choice is to throw a fit or ask for something else. Yes, he politely asks for something else, but that act itself is so rude that it shouldn't be taught as an option. The hosts already made you food; they shouldn't have to interrupt their dinner and social time to make you something else. The proper option would be to pick off the pepperoni, live with the slight flavor that would be left behind, and load up on sides. This book is just furthering the entitlement that everyone seems to have lately that the world revolves around them and teaches kids early on that they will be given whatever they want as long as they are polite about it.

[Heather McC · Rating 4 out of 5]

A 'choose your own adventure' style series that promotes good choices! This edition features William, who is at a crossroads when he does not like what is being served for dinner at a neighbor's house.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A choose your own adventure where you help determine the manners of dinner quest. Elementary and up

[Nichole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very realistic scenarios for kids to examine how they could react.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Interesting concept but horrible execution. If you are at someone’s house and don’t like pepperoni, try it. You still don’t like it, pick it off. Only one choice. And a poor example.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ages 4 and up. One of many interactive books in a serious that presents young readers with a dilemma about behavior and encourages young readers to choose one action or another and thereby determine the ending. In this book, a young brown boy hates pepperoni and faces it down at dinner one night. He must learn how to deal with his disgust.