Stoo Hample's Book of Bad Manners Book

From the sultan of silly comes a comical, kid-friendly guide to avoiding naughty behavior.

The Toy Hog. The Blabbermouth. The Food Face, the Belcher, and (shudder) the Nose Picker. They're all here, and more - a veritable rogues' gallery of the rudest, crudest, meanest manners found wherever children slurp, grab, desert the table, or cut in line. With his trademark retro artwork and hilarious running commentary, Stoo Hample teaches children good manners by example - of what not to do - and bolsters his case with a final broad hint that the reader who fails to take heed may soon be the star of a book just like this one.

Entertainment Weekly

"The kids in my book are rude, loud, and mean - the worst mannered kids that you've ever seen!'' proclaims the book's cover. And it doesn't disappoint. In hilarious, disgusting rhyming prose, accompanied by equally hilarious, disgusting drawings, are descriptions of every kind of abysmally behaved kid: the name caller, the greedy guy, the toy hog, the nose picker (''Watch out for this sort/And try not to meet them/Especially the pickers/Who pick them, then eat them!'') and on and on. Kids will laugh, but the idea of what's socially acceptable - and what's not - is the message here, conveyed in language that they'll all understand. A- -TJ Recommended ages: 4-9