My Way to Good Manners: Kids Book about Manners, Etiquette and Behavior that Teaches Children Social Skills, Respect and Kindness, Ages 3 to 10 (My way: Social Emotional Books for Kids)

I have read a few of Elizabeth Cole’s books in the My way: Social Emotional Books for Kids series, so I was pretty sure that this would be another great children’s book. I wasn’t disappointed.Melissa has bad manners. In fact, they’re so bad that her classmates won’t play with her. When Melissa comes home upset, her mom suggests she works on having good manners, but she isn’t sure how to change. Her mom makes her a list which she uses all the time to find out the right thing to say or do. She realizes that having good manners isn’t difficult and that if she is nice to others, they will be nice to her. Eventually, the good manners become habit, and she doesn’t need the list anymore.The story is told in rhymes and the illustrations are cute and colorful. It helps children to learn about good manners and ways to be nice rather than rude or obnoxious.

In My Way to Good Manner, Ms. Cole crafts a story about a young girl named Melissa who doesn’t realize she is impolite and alienating friends. Instead of lecturing Melissa about her behavior, her mother suggests creating a Good Manners list of rules to follow. This is a productive and positive strategy to implement with children. Through Melissa, the story shows when and where to implement the rules and modify impolite behaviors. As a teacher, I see many children who are just like Melissa and therefore highly recommend this book be used as a teaching tool in primary grades (TK - 3). The wonderful illustrations are delightful and would appeal to young readers.

My four and five year old had been exhibiting some bad manners lately. We got a good manners chart and this book and they have loved it and it has worked really well!! This was exactly what I was looking for and I highly recommend

Easy for a toddler to understand and can relate to circumstances. Sentences rhyme.

Good manners is something that children often need to be reminded about and nudged to have at a very young age. This sweet story emphasizes the old saying, “treat others as you’d like to be treated”. As a parent, I would often remind my children when they were younger to say, “please and thank you”. Now, they do it on their own. This is not only a lovely story with beautiful illustrations, but reenforces the importance of always having good manners.

We've read and enjoyed several of Elizabeth Cole's books, and my daughter loves them all. In this book, I love the range of manners that are covered. Some of the things my daughter has down (saying please and thank you, etc), while others she needs to work on (waiting for her turn to speak, etc). I love that this book covers so many different types of manners. The cherry on top is that the illustrations are also fun and colorful. Really, what's not to love?Thanks for another wonderful book! I can't wait to see what you write next!

This is a book for small children, a story told where the main character, Melissa, finds herself in many situations where she learns to behave in a polite and caring way. She has a list of manners and children reading this book will be able to identify with those same situations in their own lives. Beautifully illustrated, there's a lot going on in this book to keep a child's interest. It will also spark conversations about their own experiences and behaviors.

This book follows Melissa as she goes from a child with no manners at all to a child with all the manners! This is a great book with amazing illustrations and a fantastic story. All people should learn to have manners. Manners make the world a much better place!

Great book

Very good my kids liked it.

Genuinely fun and exciting read - interesting plot, nice rhymes and a great idea behind it all! Definitely recommend to all parents with children who struggle to be polite :)

great book for our children with great pictures and lots of important information for a good upbringing. There they learn from an early age to have respect for their fellow human beings. I liked it very much.

Learn good manners with little Melissa in this well-written and beautifully illustrated picture book! Highly recommended.