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The Nice Book
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It's so nice to be nice! Cuddle
Nestle
Nuzzle
Don't tickle
. . . well, maybe a little.
Love was meant to be passed on.
An adorable menagerie of irrestible animals populate this gentle look at friendship. Getting close to someone is an art and these little creatures demonstrate the simple ways to show you care. David Ezra Stein's expressive illustrations ooze charm and will ...more
Nestle
Nuzzle
Don't tickle
. . . well, maybe a little.
Love was meant to be passed on.
An adorable menagerie of irrestible animals populate this gentle look at friendship. Getting close to someone is an art and these little creatures demonstrate the simple ways to show you care. David Ezra Stein's expressive illustrations ooze charm and will ...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
October 16th 2008
by Putnam Publishing Group
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oh my goodness, my kids BOTH love this book! If you have 2 of something, share. give hugs! be nice!
Stein has written another gentle book that has heart and wisdom. He gives children practical advice on being nice. The reader will find the straightforward, rhyming text easy to understand and remember. Examples: "When you get in a snit, don't hit. Say how you feel." or "Sing a Song to Someone or Sing to Yourself." His animal drawings are full of expression and movement which mirror the behaviors and feelings described in the text. I respect that the book's message includes being nice to oneself
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The large, bold pictures make it easy to understand the meaning of each word or phrase defining kindness. The colorful illustrations and the cute side comments keep young children's interest. This book is great for preschool and primary grade children as they develop their vocabulary and writing skills.
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2.5yo isn’t into new books right now, but he put up with this one. I like the gentle rhyme and the message. It does get a bit bossy at times, but is still a great explainer if what nice is for the toddler set.
Loved this little book about love. "Love was meant to be passed on." Especially loved the endpapers covered in fun, loving words like "magnanimous monkeys" and "benevolent bunnies".
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Sweet book about how to be kind to others.
What a nice book!
I wasn't too interested in this book.
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Theme: kindness, love, friendship, animals
This is a short, quick read but with powerful messages about how to treat others and good for all ages. This is one to own and read over and over again!
This is a short, quick read but with powerful messages about how to treat others and good for all ages. This is one to own and read over and over again!
I think we can use more books like this in our current state of affairs. Wonderful little board book about kindness, listening to others, and how to show compassion.
Sweet concepts, simple pictures, very nice book!
Animals showing love with a word or phrase on each page. Some great vocabulary for kids and good for social emotional learning.
A beautiful, sentimental read that can kids understand nice activities. It’s also fun to guess what animal is on the page.
Tips on how to be nice.
Very subtle way of conveying manners and civil behavior without preaching and social justice hegemony.
Meh. Fine but nothing amazing!
Very simple but good message.
I wanted to feel cozy today and it fit the bill.
A good gift for a toddler.
Nov 09, 2016
Los Gatos Library
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Grownups will often say "Be nice!" but that can be a little vague. David Ezra Stein's book helps with the specifics. "When you get in a snit, don't hit -- say how you feel," and "Hear what someone has to say," are among some of the tried and true tips. Each of these guidelines is accompanied by an illustration of animals, done in acrylic paint, inks, china marker and digital techniques. The pictures look like finger paintings, with the details drawn in with ink. They are bold and colorful and fu
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Stein is the author of one of my favorite picture books, _Leaves_, and has created another endearing book reminding readers that "love was meant to be passed on".
A variety of friendly animals (featuring kindhearted koalas, amiable alligators, and lovable lemurs)depict how to treat one another, while variations in font and text size reveal the rhyming advice:
"LOOK...but don't stare. If you have more than you need, SHARE."
The art is done in a combination of sketches and acrylic paint, and has a l ...more
A variety of friendly animals (featuring kindhearted koalas, amiable alligators, and lovable lemurs)depict how to treat one another, while variations in font and text size reveal the rhyming advice:
"LOOK...but don't stare. If you have more than you need, SHARE."
The art is done in a combination of sketches and acrylic paint, and has a l ...more
A sweet book that is elevated to terrific in a few places as in the two feisty red birds " when you get in a snit, don't hit", and the sweet blue mice with the great lines "Look after someone little, we're all little." While all the art is charming, the pages where it just reads "giggle" or "cuddle" don't work as well as where there is the simple one line thought about thoughtfulness. However, that is a minor crank in a book of major charm. Etiquette for the little ones in a most appealing forma
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This is such a simple book (most pages only have one word) but it carries such a sweet and deep message. With beautifully painted illustrations, Stein, using animals, portrays different ways that we can be nice to those around us. This would be a great book to use when teaching kids the importance of being nice. And although it is probably more appropriate for the pre-K ages, I think that it would be appropriate in an elementary for K-3.
Stein, D.E. (2008). The nice book. New York: Putnam Juvenile
Starred review by The Horn Book Guide & School Library Journal
Choice book
I love the easy, simple message in this story. It is a sweet book that can remind people of all ages to be kind. I would read this to my class on a regular basis, and perhaps before I give out "acts of kindness" awards in a Kindergarten or pre-school class.
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Starred review by The Horn Book Guide & School Library Journal
Choice book
I love the easy, simple message in this story. It is a sweet book that can remind people of all ages to be kind. I would read this to my class on a regular basis, and perhaps before I give out "acts of kindness" awards in a Kindergarten or pre-school class.
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The Nice Book by David Ezra Stein was another one of my choces. To me the point of this book was to teach kids what type of behavior is acceptable in certain situations. I enjoyed how the illustrations in this book seemed as if a young child had drawn them. The coloring is out of the lines and the detail is erratic.
I would totally be more into this book if the text didn't remind me of a bad cheerleading chant, "take time. get away. hear what someone has to say". GO TEAM!
I do have to adore the look though, great typesets and paint swipes with charcoal accents building the forms. ...more
I do have to adore the look though, great typesets and paint swipes with charcoal accents building the forms. ...more
Of course I loved the sentiment of this book, but I adored the artwork even more. The illustrations are embellished finger paintings. Kids would have a ball imitating the author's style and making their own "nice" book.
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Is, well, nice. Loved the endpapers with animal adjectives alliterations all: Friendly frogs; pleasant penguins, etc.
Very "nice" book indeed. The illustrations were fascinating: messy tempura paint blobs with sparse black lines that make the characters come alive!
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This is a great book for introducing kind behavior with small children. The illustrations are wonderful!
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