Madeline Says Merci: The Always-Be-Polite Book Book

This book is less of a narrative and more of a direct list of manners. The art style is exactly what you love about Madeline books. That beautiful color-pencil-esque that shows you exactly which book you are reading. Unfortunately, Madeline herself rarely makes an appearance. There are a mix of outdated manners as well as some that aren't useful to the majority of children. I would not want to read this again and I could not imagine it being captivating to a young audience. I think I would only use this if I was trying to teach manners to a child who was already obsessed with Madeline. The tone is strange and some of the rhymes were forced. However, it was a list of manners with a nicely decorated background. Each set of manners was separated by when or where you would need them, for example the dinner table. However, each set was missing a lot of the basic ones in favor for letting you know to curtsy for the queen. Again, the child who this would resonate with seems to be evading me. It seems more like something a passive-aggressive grandmother would give you as a birthday present.