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waterviolite's review
2.0
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.
pwbalto's review
5.0
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: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/05/manners-mash-up-review.html
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/05/manners-mash-up-review.html
libraryjen's review
3.0
A decent collection of manners and rules, but each spread has its own feel and there's definitely no connection. Some of the illustrations are a bit dark (a severed leg on the table and a 3-headed boy on the "Table Manners" page, a naked girl (showing her backside) on the "Party Manners" page, and a woman holding her own decapitated head in the waiting room on the "Doctor's Office" page). Overall, a horrible read aloud, but perhaps not a bad read-together with one child alone.
maidmarianlib's review
4.0
Great combination of illustrations with good advice given a humorous way.
ashylibrarian's review
2.0
2.5/5 (physical book)
This is a cute book, and I love the concept of a silly manners book for young readers, but the one main issue I had with it was that all of the "rules" were in the negative. Don't do this. Don't do that. I feel like it would be beneficial to insert at least some, if not all, positive behaviors.
This is a cute book, and I love the concept of a silly manners book for young readers, but the one main issue I had with it was that all of the "rules" were in the negative. Don't do this. Don't do that. I feel like it would be beneficial to insert at least some, if not all, positive behaviors.
beecheralyson's review
3.0
Each two page spread is illustrated by a different illustrator with mini-bios on the insides of the cover.
tashrow's review
4.0
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 5-8.
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 5-8.
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