Emily's Magic Words
Please, Thank You, and More
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
It takes only a few magic words to have good manners. Let please, thank you, and excuse me act as your magic wand. Just by waving around these simple phrases, you can open doors, bring smiles to faces, and make friends.
Try it and see! Thanks to the magical touch of Emily Post, the most trusted name in etiquette, learning good manners has never been more easy and fun.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This chipper, earnest etiquette primer for toddlerstakes off from the oft-heard suggestionthat"please" and "thank you" are magicwords. (So are "hello," "good-bye," and "excuse me"). After all, reason the Posts (who are co-directors of the Emily Post Institute and the co-authors of Teen Manners; see Children's Notes), when one says to a friend, "Please have a cookie," it can conjure up a smile, and when one says, "Excuse me" after a breach of behavior (a burp), disapproving parents are transformed into forgiving ones. Landry's (Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise) crisp, winsome ink and watercolor spot illustrations keep the mood light. His Emily, balancing a head as large as her torso, is first seen sporting a magician's top hat and purple cape, and wielding a wand but she quickly sheds the paraphernalia to demonstrate her verbal "sorcery" with friends and family.Although the Posts do little to animate an old idea, parents will welcome the useful, encouraging advice supplied in an endnote. Ages 3-6.
