Madeline Says Merci: The Always-Be-Polite Book
Learning somepleaseIs andthank you< />s is virtually painless  when that beloved redheaded Parisian, Madeline, is doing the teaching. John  Bemelmans Marciano, grandson of Madeline creator Ludwig Bemelmans, pens a  politeness how-to book, based on the characters and setting of the originalMadeline. Divided into  chapters headed "Hello," "Please and Thank You," "Kindness and Consideration,"  etc., the book-in-verse spells out appropriate actions in varying situations:If you do something you know is wrongSuch as going where you don't belongDon't make it worse by telling lies;Say you're sorry and apologize.Marciano is witty in both word and picture, and young fans of Madeline will  certainly get the message without feeling too much like Miss Clavel is shaking  her finger at them. (Ages 4 to 7)--Emilie Coulter