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A First Look At: Politeness: My Manners Matter
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A simple and charming picture book exploring a key topic for school and home
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In simple and reassuring terms, this entertaining book explores for young children aged 4 - 7 what it means to be polite, why it is important, and what the consequences might be for those who are impolite.
The superb A First Look At series consists of a number of reassuring picture books that give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social, and emotional issues.
Notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book provide valuable advice for how to share this book with your child or class.
Suitable for Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7), occasional prompts throughout the text give a chance to discuss the issue being raised.
Written by a trained psychotherapist, journalist and parent, and illustrated by an experienced children's book artist, this is part of an acclaimed and successful, long-running series of picture-book non-fiction books for Early Years. Books in the series give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social, and emotional issues. They are excellent tools for teachers to use during classroom discussions.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526323828
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 August 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wayland
Illustration: Colour artwork throughout
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Lesley Harker
- Illustrated by Lesley Harker
Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 208.0mm
Height: 236.0mm
Weight: 140g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Pat Thomas is a trained psychotherapist, trainee Naturopath, journalist and mother. After working as a journalist and broadcaster in the USA, she now works in the field of women's health and child development and writes for publications such as The Guardian Company Magazine and Practical Parenting as well as contributing editor to Natural Parent Magazine. Her book 'MY Bees: My Family's Changing' was the winner of The English 4-11 Awards.
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