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Marc Tolon Brown - D.W.'s Guide to Perfect Manners Review
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D.W.'s Guide to Perfect Manners by Marc Brown is perfect!
happily mothering, always searching for great books, buying for 6-10 year olds
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17
2008
By Marc Brown, 2006
As a teacher I’ve enjoyed reading the New York Times bestselling author, Marc Brown’s “Arthur” series for many years but as a parent it has become even more dear to me as my children have chosen Marc Brown’s “Arthur” books over and over. Arthur and his other third grade friends, Buster, Francine, Muffy and “the Brain” encounter and solve kid challenges in a kid attractive way. Often, Arthur’s kid sister, D.W. is a predictable pest. She likes to tag along, annoy, tattle tale, disrupt and do what kid sisters do best. I think that is the beauty of D.W.’s Guide to Perfect Manners. Kids who know the series, know that her manners aren’t always perfect.
In D.W.’s Guide to Perfect Manners, D.W. tells readers that “My goofy brother, dared me that I couldn’t’ be perfect for one whole day.” Off the bat, typical D.W. is name calling which seems hold the beauty of her message. Despite the title, kids that know D. W. already knows that her manners aren’t perfect, so they are curious. The beauty for parents of course is that our less than perfectly mannered children just may pick up and remember some manners from D.W.’s challenge that would have been blown off had she been known as a “Miss Manners.”
In D.W.’s Guide to Perfect Manners, D.W. maneuvers through the morning with “good morning, please and thank you.” She then communicates messages about body, hair and dressing care. My kid’s favorite part (and mine although I try hard to keep a straight face) is when D.W. talks about cleaning her room: “ I can even make my own bed. You can too. It’s no big deal- and, besides, it freaks out your parents…in a good way!”
At the end of the day, D.W. lets readers know that “Good manners are so cool. They give you magical powers and people treat you like a big kid!”
My Viewpoint:
As a parent I want my children to have great manners and I have found lots of helpful tips from books like 365 Manners Every Child Should Know but in the end, kids will often receive a message better from someone they know and relate to like Arthur’s kid sister D.W. My kids love to read D.W.'s Guide to Perfect Manners and even better, imitate it. I love to be, as D.W. says, “freaked out” by my kid’s good manners.
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