Description |
160 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Becoming your best self -- Other beings -- Saying it right -- Dirty things -- Edible food -- You're wearing that? -- Your two cents -- Useful skills. |
Summary |
For the kid who leaves a wet towel wadded up on the floor or forgets to put a new roll on the toilet-paper thingy, humorous writer and etiquette columnist Catherine Newman has created the ultimate guidebook to becoming a person whom everyone will like being around more. Jam-packed with tips, tricks, and skills -- all illustrated in an irresistible graphic novel-style -- this book shows kids just how easy it is to free themselves from parental nagging and become more dependable -- and they'll like themselves better, too! They'll learn how to deal with dirty rooms, care for pets and cactuses, stick up for somebody, and fold a T-shirt. They'll even get a crash course on using the kitchen (including how to turn a 33-cent package of ramen into dinner) and a boot camp for lending a hand outside the house (mowing, shoveling, and fixing something loose has never been easier). This handbook to becoming beyond helpful promises that every kid can be a valued and valuable member of the grown-up world. |
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"Catherine Newman has written the ultimate guidebook for kids, jam-packed with tips, tricks, and skills to become a more dependable person"-- Provided by publisher. |
Audience |
Ages 10-14. |
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Grades 4-6. |
Subject |
Life skills -- Juvenile literature.
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Self-presentation -- Juvenile literature.
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Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile literature.
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Self-presentation.
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Self-actualization
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Self-actualization (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01111481
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Self-presentation. (OCoLC)fst01111876
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Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Instructional and educational works.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Added Author |
Fong, Debbie, illustrator.
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Cover Title |
How to be a person : 65 hugely useful, super-important skills to learn before you're grown up |
Other Form: |
Online version: Newman, Catherine, How to be a person North Adams : Storey Publishing, 2020. 9781635861839 (DLC) 2019056618 |
ISBN |
9781635861822 (paperback) |
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1635861829 (paperback) |
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9781635861839 (ebook) |
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