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3) Please
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Introduces readers to the concept of being polite as well as some of the situations in which they should properly use the phrase 'please.'
4) "Excuse me"
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Introduces readers to the concept of being polite, as well as some of the situations in which they should properly use the phrase 'excuse me.'
5) I'm sorry
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Introduces readers to the concept of apologizing as well as some of the situations in which they should properly use the phrase 'I'm sorry.' Activities for further learning Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words What should you do if you squirt ketchup on your sister or hurt someone's feelings? What should you say if you lose your temper or want a second helping at dinner? With the Manners Matter series, children...
9) Please, Papa
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Alice learns the importance of saying "please" as well as that this magical word will not lead to everything she wants.
15) One cool friend
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Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.
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Miss Manners proclaims a text message to be an electronic equivalent of a Post-it note and about as "serious in nature as the hastily written note passed in class." Gone are the days when conversing with people meant being in the same room as them, and with those days went established etiquette of communication. Can one apologize with a text message? Offer condolences? Propose marriage? Use text messages as invitations?
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Whether you are a diplomat or not, making a good first impression is vital to achieving success in many formal and informal settings. In Diplomatic Life, authors Vera Tanger and Sandra Amaro present a guide to overcoming a host of everyday etiquette dilemmas. Building on their personal experiences as wives of diplomats, Vera and Sandra offer a concise, easy-to-use manual filled with information on how to act and react in a variety of situations. They...
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Whether you are a new member of a multiracial/interfaith family, the father of a same-sex bride, or the mother of an adopted daughter from China, Norine Dresser offers suggestions for mixed families in avoiding social pitfalls at holidays and rituals for birth, coming of age, marriage, death, and other significant life events.
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