Goops and How to be Them : A Manual of Manners for Polite Children Inculcating Many Juvenile Virtues Both by Precept and Example [Paperback]

Gelett Burgess (Author), Barbara Ross (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 1998

Reintroduced by Barbara Ross

Good manners, consideration for others and thoughtfulness are habits. Goops And How To Be Them with the happy rhymes and delightful illustrations makes it easy and fun to learn these virtues.

The Goops they lick their fingers and the Goops they lick their knives They spill their broth on the tablecloth Oh, they lead disgusting lives!

Once placed in your memory, for the rest of your life, every time you lick chocolate from your finger this happy rhym will float through your brain and you will know ' YOU ARE BEING A GOOP1'

Editorial Reviews

Review

Good manners are a habit, GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM filled with rhymes and illustrations delight children, making it easy to learn proper manners. -- Publisher Comments

About the Author

Gelett Burgess born in Boston January 1866. American Humorist

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Elton Wolf Pub (September 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897168518
• ISBN-13: 978-0897168519
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,314,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Goops, January 5, 2001

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D. Monthie (Queensbury, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goops and How to be Them : A Manual of Manners for Polite Children Inculcating Many Juvenile Virtues Both by Precept and Example (Paperback)

What a great book! Thirty years ago (when I was five) I discovered this book. These are manners children used to be taught. Now parents expect teachers and others to raise their children for them. Etched in my mind forever is one of the phrases from this book. "The goops they lick their fingers, the goops they lick their knives, they spill their broth on the tablecloth , oh they lead disgusting lives. The goops they talk while eating,and loud and fast they chew, I'm glad I'm not a goop are you?" Buy this book!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is very timely... even though it's 100 years old!, June 1, 2000

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Nicholas Beatty - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goops and How to be Them : A Manual of Manners for Polite Children Inculcating Many Juvenile Virtues Both by Precept and Example (Paperback)

Time moves on, we make technological advances and things change. However, people remain the same. No matter what happens, right is right and wrong is wrong.

What impressed me the most about this book is that it is fun to read. I don't want to bash Emily Post, Martha Stewart or any others lecturing on the dos and don'ts of life, but books on manners and etiquette can sometimes get pretty dry.

I have a feeling that children everywhere will love the whimsical drawings and happy little rhymes.

The subject matter may seem simple, but Goops and How To Be Them provides a wonderful opportunity for parents to speak with their children about the issues that face today's youth.

The editor of the latest release of Goops and How To Be Them has set up a website devoted to training kids and families about manners........................

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the Goops!, October 16, 1999

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Supermonkey "Software, music, and comics geek" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goops and How to be Them : A Manual of Manners for Polite Children Inculcating Many Juvenile Virtues Both by Precept and Example (Paperback)

My mother read me this book when I was very young, and it stays with me still. A great way to teach kids manners!