When a mother instructs her children to behave according to Emily Post's rules of etiquette, they respond by insisting that Mother follow the rules, as well. Includes information about Post and selected items from her 1922 book.

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text show how to give a friendly welcome at school, in the neighborhood, or at home.

Grown-ups never misbehave, cheat, talk with their mouths full, or complain--despite ample evidence to the contrary.

Explains all the things that Elephant should know about how to behave when attending a birthday or other kind of party.

"Cordelia and her brother host a tea party for an unusual guest--a T-Rex!"--

Louise, who wants nothing more than to be important, jumps at the chance to attend a charm school run by Claire Eclaire, who is from Paris.

"When etiquette coach Ms. Picklepop teeters off her stool and spills a bucket of paint, a creature emerges. Not a scary one, or an evil one, or anything of the sort. Instead, what comes alive is... BLURP! She'll have to carry on with her lesson, despite Blurp's many, messy distractions. But paint splotches and burps aren't all that disrupt Ms. Picklepop's decorous class. Perhaps through an unlikely friendship, Ms. Picklepop will learn a thing or two...

Edie is a well-intentioned force of nature who loves to help those around her, but in doing so she leaves a trail of damage wherever she goes.

Ant is honored to receive an invitation to lion's annual dinner party, but is shocked when the other guests behave rudely and then accuse her of thinking only of herself.

Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.