A Book About Manners
by Laurie Keller
Recommended by Susan J. Fowler
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Reading Do Unto Otters is a bright, pun-driven picture book that teaches the Golden Rule through a shy rabbit's attempts to welcome unfamiliar neighbors. Illustrations and captioned jokes keep the tone light while concrete do/don't examples show polite behaviors. Its useful part is a tidy, repeatable script for read-alouds and brief classroom lessons; its limitation is simplicity—older children or adults seeking nuanced discussion of difference will find the scenarios thin and the moral explicit rather than subtle.
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"Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you."?Socrates (the Greek philosopher), circa 470399 B.C.Mr. Rabbit's new neighbors are Otters.OTTERS!But he doesn't know anything about otters. Will they get along Will they be friendsJust treat otters the same way you'd like them to treat you, advises Mr. Owl.In her smart, pla...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Children’s Fiction, Children's, and Fiction.
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Consider Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Recommended by 10 sources.
“Quiet, spare text and soft, slow illustrations make this a finger-friendly, read-aloud bedtime choice; sentences are short and rhythmical, built around saying goodnight to objects. Its language is almost poem-like, designed for quiet repetition. Its chief value is predictability — the repetition becomes a soothing ritual that helps settle an energetic child. The main limitation is minimalism: adults looking for plot, variety, or interactive features will find the pages sparse, and some readers may think the repeated structure drags or feels dated.”
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