Manners at a Friend's Home (First Facts: Manners)

From School Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 2 - The recurring theme in these titles is that people with good manners are kind and treat people with respect. Photos of children and adults posed to demonstrate the correct way to interact are intermixed with short passages of text. Only positive suggestions and solutions are portrayed. Each book includes an activity, such as making a bookmark with rules, a safety card for the phone, and kindness cards for classmates. The texts are short and to the point, but not so dry as to be boring. Libraries looking to beef up their collections on social skills might consider these books. Paired with stories, they could generate class discussion.