Are You Quite Polite?: Silly Dilly Manners Songs
Are You Quite Polite?: Silly Dilly Manners Songs
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Publisher's Hardcover ©2006--
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Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Annotation: Presents humorous lyrics to such familiar children's songs as "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and "Hey Diddle Diddle."
Genre: [Music]
 
Reviews: 4
Catalog Number: #3515501
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2006
Edition Date: c2006 Release Date: 10/01/06
Illustrator: Catrow, David,
Pages: 1 v. (unpaged)
ISBN: 0-689-86970-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-689-86970-9
Dewey: 782.42
LCCN: 2005001124
Dimensions: 28 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 CST 2006)

Like Abbott and Costello's comic synergy, the pairing of songwriter Katz's impolite songs and Catrow's cartoon illustrations is a match made in Chucklesville. The 14 silly dilly manners songs here are guaranteed to produce appreciative snorts and guffaws from kids. The song titles set up the farcical verse while the watercolor-and-colored-pencil caricatures take the hilarity over the top: Jimmy Picks Boogers (which Katz suggests should be sung to the tune of The Blue-Tail Fly); Don't Chew Gum in the Classroom (sung to Take Me Out to the Ball Game); Don't Talk with Beans in Your Mouth (sung to Michael, Row the Boat Ashore). Adults may grimace at some of the rude details, but kids will chortle out loud and remember the manners messages precisely because they are so cleverly concocted. One copy won't be enough. For more fun with the subject, link this to David Greenberg's Don't Forget Your Etiquette (2006).

Kirkus Reviews

Supplying new lyrics for 14 familiar tunes, Katz presents examples of behavior both good and bad, paired with Catrow's characteristic, garishly colored scenes of bulbous headed figures quizzically or gleefully regarding spectacular messes. Covering topics from nose-picking and unfettered sneezing (to the tune "Man On the Flying Trapeze")—"When Pete goes, Ah-choo,' / Everybody yells, Freeze!' / There's no superglue / Stick-i-er than his sneeze / the worst part is, he always sneezes in threes / No wonder the town moved away!"—to writing timely thank-you notes and putting a sock in it while at the library, the entries will induce hilarity (and who knows, maybe even a little contrition) whether read (sung) aloud or silently. Like Jane Yolen's How Do Dinosaurs series, illustrated by Mark Teague, think of this as required reading for Goops—young or otherwise. (Picture book/poetry. 6-9)

School Library Journal

K-Gr 3-This fourth entry by Katz and Catrow features 14 selections about manners set to familiar tunes. For the most part, the music and words are an easy fit, although a few, such as "Writing Thank-Yous" to the tune of "Alouette," might require some rehearsal. The verses scan well, with only the occasional resort to invention when no rhyme presents itself ("Then there is Ingrid,/Who did a bad thingrid"). There are entries on lateness, table manners, sneezing, nose picking, and being quiet in the library, sung to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Done in watercolors, colored pencil, and ink, the cartoon artwork is appropriately energetic and chaotic, amplifying the humor in the situations. Useful as a lighthearted introduction to etiquette or for just plain fun.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Word Count: 1,646
Reading Level: 3.8
Interest Level: K-3
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.8 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 110675 / grade: Lower Grades
Lexile: NP

You all know...
"Do Your Ears Hang Low?"
and
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,"
but what about
"Are You Quite Polite?"
and
Quiet in the Library" ?!


Songwriter and comedy writer extraordinaire Alan Katz has done it again! Turning his attention to the subject of good and bad manners, he has created a hilarious new guide to manners that kids will love to follow -- laughing all the way! With brilliantly funny pictures by illustrator and cartoonist David Catrow, this new collection promises hours of well-mannered silly dillyness for kids everywhere!


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