"More Goops and How Not to Be Them: A Manual of Manners for Impolite Infants" by Gelett Burgess presents a lighthearted guide to proper behavior for children through amusing poems and pictures. The book playfully teaches kids about good manners by showing the silly mistakes made by mischievous characters called "Goops," highlighting the value of being kind and polite to others. Through these clever verses, young readers discover how to avoid common misbehaviors like being messy or rude, and instead learn to act with consideration and grace in different social situations. Through entertaining examples of childhood blunders, the book gently guides children to understand the importance of etiquette.
More Goops and How Not to Be Them: A Manual of Manners for Impolite Infants
By Gelett Burgess
Discover how a group of badly-behaved children demonstrate, through charming, colorful imagery and verse, the importance of good manners.
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2004-07-23
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About the AuthorFrank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as "The Purple Cow," and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled "The Wild Men of Paris." He was the illustrator of the Goops murals, in Coppa's restaurant, in the Montgomery Block and author of the popular Goops books. Burgess coined the term "blurb."
Frank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as "The Purple Cow," and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled "The Wild Men of Paris." He was the illustrator of the Goops murals, in Coppa's restaurant, in the Montgomery Block and author of the popular Goops books. Burgess coined the term "blurb."
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