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Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners
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Product Description
In her smart, quirky style Laurie Keller highlights how to be a good friend and neighbor—just follow the Golden Rule!
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8251 in Books
- Published on: 2007-09-04
- Released on: 2007-09-04
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 40 pages
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Move over Emily Post: Do Unto Otters is a guide to manners that anyone would be delighted to follow. Here beloved children's author Laurie Keller brings the "Golden Rule" to life in the form of Mr. Rabbit and his new neightbors, the Otters, who animate every page with their well-behaved hijinks, showing kids that a simple "please" or "thank you" goes a long way in making friends. And, as a special treat for Amazon.com customers, Laurie Keller created the four delightful new drawings you'll find below illustrating her unique take on etiquette for the office. Enjoy!
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1–3—Mr. Rabbit is worried that he might not get along with his new neighbors. A wise owl gives him the advice, "Do unto otters as you would have otters do unto you" and proceeds to explain what this means. Thus follows a listing of traits and qualities such as friendliness, politeness, honesty, consideration, cooperation, and sharing. Each one contains humorous examples of Mr. Rabbit and the Otters following those rules. Also included are samples of how to say certain phrases such as "Excuse me" and "Please" in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Pig Latin. Each page bursts with colorful illustrations and is scattered with words of different sizes and fonts. This simple story is certain to appeal to children.—Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library
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About the Author
LAURIE KELLER is the author and illustrator of Grandpa Gazillion’s Number Yard; Open Wide: Tooth School Inside; Arnie, the Doughnut; and The Scrambled States of America. She has also illustrated Toys! and Fooled You! She lives in North Muskegon, Michigan.
Customer Reviews
Funny
Do Unto Otters is a book about something it seems the younger generation has forgotten, namely manners. Good manners are important and the saying do unto others has never rung more true.
The Golden Rule
This is a funny and great way to teach the Golden Rule! These are exactly the topics I want to teach and what a fun way to do it!
Cute way to teach kids about manners!
Laurie Keller certainly has a vivid imagination, and all of her books play to kids' silly sides. This book is a great way to teach kids about the importance of being polite, without being preachy. My son and I laugh out loud when we read this book. She covers being friendly, saying please, thank you, and excuse me, honesty, cooperation, fair play, sharing, not teasing, forgiveness, and apologizing, and she throws in how to say some of the words in 5 different languages (one being pig Latin!) For those reviewers that slammed her use of passing gas, I feel that this is blown way out of proportion to the book as a whole. It is on one page of the book and it is only one side-bar illustration. And, let's face it, passing gas is funny to a 6 year old, but she shows the importance of having good manners about it if it happens to you. Please, thank you, and excuse me are oftentimes not heard uttered by the age group that she targets, so it is great way to share a story with your child while driving the point home that EVERYONE needs to have good manners. You and your child will thoroughly enjoy this book.
