B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbaby / children's book / dog / etiquette / picture booksComments Off on REVIEW: A Dog’s Guide to Being Human by Shanna Silva, illustrated by Agnes Ernoult
A hilarious and heartwarming picture book sharing a dog’s hard-earned wisdom about living a happy life. My humans have brought home a tiny baby. It is up to me to teach her how to fit in! Smudge has a new family member: a baby girl. And he has a LOT ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / etiquette / non-fiction8 Comments
From the most trusted name in advice comes a fresh, contemporary guide to modern manners dilemmas. Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette is a modern guide to modern manners. Facing down the miscreants purveying false etiquette rules (no, you may not wait a year to send a ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsdeath / etiquette / funeral / non-fiction7 Comments
Everything you ever wanted to know about funeral etiquette but were afraid to ask. When is attending a funeral or memorial service “a must,” and when is it optional? Can a eulogy be funny? Can I scatter my brother’s ashes in the backyard? Should I place a death notice or ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsetiquette / how-to books / non-fiction1 Comments
“The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork.” —Oscar Wilde Although surely alluding to something besides good table manners, Oscar’s classic metaphor does contain a grain of truth underlying the pros and cons of proper etiquette. Like it or not, manners and etiquette are the hallmarks of ... more >