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was an interesting book in that eachpage spread was illustrated by a different person, It was fun to see such a wide range of styles in one book, Some of the pictures were a bit scary lady holding her cut off head, chopped off feet on the table and so on, Others were a bit 'off' picking of a nose or a wedgie, Most kids will be okay with this and even like it, sensitive children should be aware,

The rules were often funny, The illustrations silly. My boys liked it. While it does attempt to teach manners, this will not be the 'read it and you're done' book of manners you'll certainly want a more indepth book or parental discussions.


Worth a look at the library if you have a slightly skewed sense of humor but not a purchase for my family, Super cute, fun book about manners and good behavior, Doesn't lend well to read alouds though, in my opinion, But, I definitely think kids would enjoy it, It was ok. I think there are better ways to teach manners but this could get the conversation started, This book is kind of a mishmash of info without any cohesion or reason, Each page is a list of rules for what not to do, The pictures are supposed to be funny, but mostly it just sounds nagging,goofball illustrators of children's books get together to present a variety of different situations in which manners can be of use, Whether it's LeUyen Pham on the playground or Adam Rex in the dining room, these folks put their distinctive spin on each one of these stories, proving that even if bad manners are fun, there's a time and a place for them.
Kids will love the chaos on the pages, Parents hoping for a calm text on manners may need to look elsewhere for their mannerily fix, These folks are just having too much fun, B All of us can use a reminder of our manners on occasion and this book provides such a lesson, I think that humor is a very effective way to teach children about manners and this book succeeds in this respect, Fourteen different authors have created humorous entries, each with a different manners topic, All of the twopage spreads have colorful and entertaining illustrations, with depictions of both good and bad manners, The illustration style varies widely and we really enjoyed being able to recognize the work of some of our favorites, We also really liked the personal anecdotes from all of the authors at the end which tell of manners mishaps they experienced, Overall, it's an entertaining and informative book and we enjoyed reading it together, Fourteen picture book creators take on manners in this mash up of talent, Each illustrator is given a double page spread to fill with their work as well as some advice on how to mind their manners, There is a specific setting in each one, including school, birthday party, table manners, and the supermarket, All of the illustrators approach manners with a light touch and plenty of humor, meaning that this is one manners book that children will actually enjoy!

One of the pleasures of the book is turning the page and discovering an entirely different style from a new illustrator.
The book includes illustrators like Bob Shea, Tedd Arnold, Lynn Munsinger, Sophie Blackall, and Adam Rex, It keeps the book very fresh, as each illustrator works in their distinct and unique style, The lists of manner rules are very silly, especially when they deal with the ultimate manner rule of no picking!

Manner books at libraries tend to come in sets of books and trend toward the preachy.
This is a fresh, funny look at manners that puts those to shame, Make room on your library shelf for this one! Appropriate for ages,
Arnold, Tedd. Manners mashup: a goofy guide to good behavior, New York: Dial Books for Young Readers,, Print.

Manners MashUp: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior

By Tedd Arnold among many, many others

I chose this book due to my classroom management skills that need some polishing especially with a few very challenging kiddos this year.


Each twopage spread is done by someone different so that the art varies from page to page making it quite interesting visually, Each spread has a different theme, different setting and teaches in a humorous way how to mind your manners, The themes range from school to public places including the supermarket and theater, There are so many details and different manners to mind that it will keep the interest of children for a very long time, At the end of this storybook authorillustrators comment on one manner that they made a mistake of not minding that had embarrassing consequences,

The book is sure to make any child laugh ages Kindergarten throughth grade it would be ideal to read to your class during the first week of school.
The reading level of such a book I would say is betweenst andrd grades, Super funny and I will read this to the class I am working with as I know they will not be able to resist giggling!
In the picture book Manners MashUp: a Goofy Guide to Good Behavior, children can read about what is proper behavior and manners for various situations.
Each page is illustrated by a different illustrator in their particular style, Each one chooses a different way to present those manners in humorous, yet blunt page spreads, The only drawback to this book is that I was hoping to see some information about manners that were outofdate and considered silly in todays society, Overall though, this publication is a novel approach on how to teach children today about manners, This book is best enjoyed by children in kindergarten and first grade, The language can be a little hard to understand or read, but with teacher assistance, many children will enjoy this collection of dos and donts,

Arnold, T Manners mashup: a goofy guide to good behavior, New York: Scholastic. Maybe we should have paged through this funny book, to which each artist has contributed a virtuoso piece Tao Nyeu embroidered hers! overachiever! before I took the kids to a South Indian supper club dinner this week.
The boys were polite and friendly, didn't jump the buffet line, tried all the exotic food made me so proud right up to the moment Mao lit the table on fire.


Full review on Pink Me: sitelink typepad. com/pinkme/ You know how as parents, we aren't supposed to say "no" ALL the time I'm taking this more as a comedy, It's mostly full of "so awful it's funny" situations, Imagining a day full of all that

I love how each page has a theme and then, because it's illustrated by many people who each get one page to make their point, you really see their style stand out.
One person can certainly do different styles of drawings, or embroidery, but because they have just those two pages in which to stand out they really go to it, I agree the mad scientist lab is pretty gross and creepy but there are going to be kids who love it,

Probably because it's funny, it could even make it point, Help kids remember, "don't do that!" To pick, or not to pick This etiquette question and loads more are answered in fourteen hilarious spreads by fourteen talented, wellloved artists, Each spread illustrates a setting from kids' everyday lives and the potential blunders they may commit there and the text emphasizes the right behavior,

From the dinner table to the doctor's office, from the playground to the pool, this irreverent book will help kids navigate any social scenario with utmost grace, Or at least without too much embarrassment, This is an interesting way to collaborate, I liked the illustrations and the theme of the book,

The only problem I have with it is that it is a little difficult to read with a group, simply because there is so much going on,

The kids in my classroom liked to look at it though, This book is awesome! What a great way to get kids to pay attention to everyday etiquette! There areillustrators for this book, and each one takes on a different situation where manners are important.
From the Supermarket to the dinner table, there is a picture for basically every moment in a child's life that would involve proper behavior! The pictures are all set up very busy, and all over the place, which is just what a kid needs to be entertained.
The situations are all presented with humor and with wit, but make sure to hit all the key "rules", This book would be entertaining for all elementary grades, as good manners never become irrelevant!

Arnold, T,. Manners mashup: a goofy guide to good behavior, New York: Dial Books for Young Readers,
Manners books for kids, Its a subculture that has been around forever and is unlikely to ever go away, From the more thanyearold Gelett Burgess series about sitelinkThe Goops to theSesyle Joslin title sitelinkWhat Do You Say Dear illustrated by Maurice Sendak, no less to todays sitelinkPatsy Says by Leslie Tryon or those Emily Post books for kids sitelinkEmilys Everyday Manners, etc.
there is no shortage of titles aimed at improving the habits of the young, Creative books of manners are slightly less common, Generally speaking all the titles follow the same Goofus and Gallant format, so why mess with success Then comes along Manners MashUp: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior which seeks to shake things up a bit.
Aiming to please both adults and kids, its a manners book that teaches by playing up horrible humorous habits, Whether your kids learn anything from it depends on how youll teach it, then, One thing's for certain, though, They certainly wont be bored!

Fourteen illustrators come together for a single purpose, Each one is handed a different place where one should show good manners, For Tedd Arnold, that would be in the realm of good sportsmanship, For Bob Shea, its on the school bus, Covering everything from the supermarket to the dinner table, these artists do their darndest to then play up their various situations, For folks like Joe Berger or Sophie Blackall that means indulging in a veritable freeforall, For folks like Peter H, Reynolds or LeUyen Pham its teaching by example, No matter their methods, each artist has their say, and at the end they must answer the most dreaded question of all: “What was your goofiest manners mishap”

So the real question here is whether or not the book does more harm than good.
Cause, lets face it, theres a reason kids have bad manners, Bad manners, at least in the short term, feel like theyre a lot more fun than good, Therein lies the rub in a manners book of this sort, If kids love to transgress or watch others transgress from a safe distance then we know whom theyre going to gravitate towards in a book of this sort, Theres a reason David Shannons sitelinkDavid books are a hit, after all and where IS Mr, Shannon in this book anyway, As such, parents picking up this title need to be aware that the kids in the book sometimes make the admonitions moot by having a high old time whilst waltzing through birthday parties in their birthday suits or making faces at the opera performers.
Fortunately, this is immediately apparent when you flip through, Nobody can miss that fact right from the start, And after all, even if the kids laugh at the antics committed here, that just means those same antics will stick in their minds, And its a lot easier to avoid misbehavior if you know what it is in the first place, wouldnt you say

Theres also a format to the “dont”s that is sure to appeal to child readers.
In a couple sections the illustrator has posted a list of “dont”s, usually in an appropriate place whiteboard, bulletin board, framed picture, etc, that refer to actions being taken by the misbehaving urchins in the image, Kids can then read the offending lists and locate the offenders, Only a few illustrators have gone this route Henry Cole, Frank Morrison, Kevin Sherry, etc, but I think that their images are some of the most appealing as a result, It gives the pictures a kind of hideandseek quality,

Its fun to note who the worst behaved of the illustrators are, The best behaved, bar none, is Peter H, Reynolds. Even his “manners mishap” at the end of the book is relatively polite and, though he doesnt explain it, involves his twin brother, The worst, however, is tough, Youd think the boys would have cornered the market on this one, so to speak, Between Dan Santats opera attendees and Joe Bergers grocery cart racers, it would seem to be a lock, The women, however, have proven that when it comes to sheer chaos they are not to be outdone, The Tao Nyeu “picking” montage is probably the grossest of the bunch a fact that is somewhat alleviated by the beauty of her sewn style, Yet it is Sophie Blackall who displayed some younger sibling cunning not too long ago in sitelinkThe Big Red Lollipop who probably wins this one, To my mind, playing with xray machines, skateboarding with gurneys, and answering the receptionists phone at the doctors office probably takes the cake, She had me at, “Bleeding You dont say!”

As for the artists themselves, I was interested in seeing if any tried a new artistic style for the purposes of experimentation.
After all, each person here only had to create a single double page spread, If they wanted to test new

styles without having to commit an entire book to the enterprise, wouldnt a title like Manners MashUp make for a perfect opportunity Yet for the most part, everyone stays in their comfort zone.
Adam Rex with his gorgeous thick paints and Lynn Munsinger with her pigs, There were at least a couple instances where I felt the artists verging into new territory, though, Judy Schachner and Kevin Sherry indulged in an abundance of human figures, very different from their usual sitelinkSkippyjon Jones / sitelinkgiant squid / sitelinksquirrel fare, Its Tao Nyeu who really runs away with the prize, though, Theres no way of telling if her antipick montage really is done entirely in appliqué, Maybe its all rendered to look that way on a computer, but I have my doubts, Theres a convincing quality to Ms, Nyeus threedimensional stitches. Maybe Im just a sucker, but if this is really and truly how Ms, Nyeu made the picture then I am on my knees hoping against hope that she does a whole book in this style in the future, After all, if she can convey disgusting qualities with mere thread, think what she could do with a real storyline,

Its probably significant that Manners Mashup should credit its existence to two previous books that established its multiple artist format early on, Dials sitelinkWhy Did the Chicken Cross the Road and sitelinkKnock Knock took old jokes and handed them over to various illustrators many of whom appear in this book to play with as they pleased.
The leap from jokes to manners is fairly short when you consider the potential for laughs, That said, in spite of the format similarities, this book probably pairs the best with a title like sitelinkOfficer Buckle and Gloria with its lists of rules and balance between loving safety and mocking it.
On a serious note, there arent any manners books for kids in my library that combine so many places to be good swimming pool, playground, cafeteria, etc, in one funtoread collection. Clever parents and teachers will certainly be able to make use of this book on a practical level, while kids will revel in the abundant naughtiness, You get out of a book what you put into it, Even if what you put into it happens to be boogers,

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