Please say Please! Penguin’s Guide to Manners by Margery Cuyler, Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand.
What better time to talk about manners than right before we all sit down to a Thanksgiving dinner?
I like this book, because not only is it funny, but it gives the children a chance to participate.
I usually change out the characters in this book to the names of the children who I am reading this story to (so Will is the Pig, and Sophie is the Hippo). That really grabs their attention and pulls them into the story. They love it. Teaching manners and laughing? What could be better?
During non-Covid times I like to read this book at our “Thanksgiving table” in the library. And we will practice passing bananas!
To have some fun, print this, (color if you choose), cut it out, put it on the table and ask someone to “please pass the bananas” (We like to say it with a lovely British accent!)
You will find a few more ideas about manners for children here:
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