Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Manners Matter in the Classroom
Lori Mortensen · 2010
73/100
👍 Worth It
The graphic/comic format is the right tool for this age group — showing bad behavior and its ripple effects on classmates lands better than explaining it, and Capstone's institutional track record means the material has been tested in real classrooms. Twenty-four pages is brief, but for a read-aloud or paired SEL text it does exactly what it promises. A reliable, well-distributed choice for K-2 educators.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance68
craft72
originality65
accuracy85
hype80
age-fit88
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict73
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