Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Manners

Favorite stories and poems teach lessons about good behavior in Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners, edited by Karen Santorum. Organized into topics such as ""Good Manners at Home,"" ""Using Words Wisely"" and ""Table Manners,"" the selections include poems such as Jack Prelutsky's ""Why Do I Have to Clean My Room?"" and ""Politeness"" by A.A. Milne, plus fables from Aesop and tales from Mother Goose. Each is followed by Santorum's brief commentary on the morals learned. An excerpt from Anne of Green Gables, for instance, teaches readers how not to behave in school; an episode from Pinocchio serves as ""a good example... of how we can all take care of the sick and help ease their suffering.""