Name: Manners can be fun
SKU: 1690770
Price: 476.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Munro Leaf
ISBN: 9780789310613

Type

Physical Book

Author

Munro Leaf

Publisher

Universe

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

Format

Hardcover

Weight

ISBN

0789310619

ISBN13

9780789310613

Synopsis "Manners can be fun "

Through stick figure drawings and a brief text, beloved and bestselling children’s author, Munro Leaf explains why good manners are important. Kirkus believes Manners Can Be Fun to be the author’s “best, both in idea and execution. Manners books are perennials—hardy ones at that—and this makes first steps in etiquette easy and fun.” The children’s classic begins: “Having good manners is really just living with other people pleasantly.” This pleasant book will explain to children why good conduct is essential in the household, on the playground, and beyond. Munro Leaf is best known for How to Behave and Why and The Story of Ferdinand, which was an overnight international sensation upon its release in 1936.

Munro Leaf

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Munro Leaf (1905-1976) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He was born in Hamilton, Maryland, and graduated in 1927 from the University of Maryland, earning a master's degree in English literature from Harvard University in 1931. During his 40-year career, he wrote and illustrated about 40 books.

His most notable work is "The Story of Ferdinand" (1936), which tells the life of a bull who prefers smelling flowers over participating in bullfights. This book was considered subversive at the time, being banned in Francoist Spain and burned in Nazi Germany. Leaf also collaborated with illustrator Robert Lawson on books such as "Wee Gillis" (1937) and "Aesop's Fables" (1941). His work has been internationally recognized, and "The Story of Ferdinand" was adapted into an animated short by Disney in 1938.

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