Pennyworth Books

The year is 1964. It was a time when many people smoked, drugs were not often heard of, it was safe to take a walk at night in most towns, living together prior to marriage was not acceptable and most people married before having children.

Balan, sat in the lobby people watching. He was wearing a suit he felt most comfortable wearing, in his pocket was a gold pencil lighter. He was almost tall and almost handsome. It was another weekend away, another search, another resort. Now that Erika was gone Balan had been on a circuit he loathed. All he really hoped for was to find one girl with whom he might fall in love with.

Three years out of college in 1952 Balan was pounding the pavement looking for work as a writer, no one seemed to need a writer. He wrote scripts and he wrote his play Spring…

There are hundreds of how-to’s on the web for teaching manners – most of them lists of do’s and don/ts. But we all know that lists are rarely the best way to teach anything. It’s through discussion and participation, storytelling and play, identification and example, that we learn. And what better way to stimulate this involvement than with books. A preschooler or elementary school child seated with a parent can be entertained by characters that make him gasp, giggle, think, and learn. Following are ten books that parents can use with their children, beginning with books aimed at preschoolers, ending with those for ages 7 and up.

Ages 2-5

“Excuse Me! A Little Book of Manners,” by Karen Katz, is a great book for toddlers. Six questions are arranged on double-page spreads with lift-up flaps, beginning with, Mommy says, Do you want peas for breakfast?? What do you say?? Lift the flap…