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Rating  - Boring
The ideas are great, but the pictures and text did not hold my children's attention (ages 3,4 &7). My children love books and enjoy almost everything we read, but they did not even want to finish this one. I bought it because it was recommended by John Rosemond, but I was disappointed in it.
Rating  - Speaking Politely
Good book for young children. It has become part of our night time reading collection.
Rating - Music to my ears
It is always refreshing to be in the company of a child with polite verbal manners. This is, of course, true for adults, as well. How to Speak Politely and Why, is very helpful to those a bit confused with proper speech etiquette. Perhaps this book is a beginning in keeping it from becoming a lost art. While reading it with fun, it could become a valuable tool for your childs entire life.
Rating  - If your children aren't saying things like ain't, gimmee, etc. stay away!
I really wanted to like this book, but I don't. He is writing to teach children not to say words like "ain't" which I would like to think most people don't say. He has a point with the word "gimmee" but it's pretty much the only one-- I made the mistake of reading it and my daughter never said that and now she knows the word.
The rest of the book has simple conjugations-- I ran, he ran, we ran, I run, etc. that are not such an issue.
The book we need is a book modeling interactions between people saying please and thank you, not a book instructing kids not to say "ain't".
His other book, How to Behave and Why, is better, but still has that instructional feel which may not be the best way to get a message across.
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