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My First Book of Etiquette and Manners
Licensing Information
Published in July 2023
Selling Points
Practical manner picture book useful in every situation
This book introduces manners that children should learn from childhood in five different situations: eating, daily life, going out, transportation, and preschool and school. By practicing these manners on a regular basis, children will develop a sense of consideration for others and will be able to maintain good relationships with friends and others around them. It is also ideal for preparation for entrance exams.
What are manners?
How to develop good manners
Manners at meals
Greetings and manners at meals
Let's eat!
How to hold a chopstick
How to use a chopstick
How to use Japanese tableware
How to place dishes
How to hold the chopsticks and bowls
How to pick up a chopstick
How to hold a chopstick and a bowl at the same time
Let's eat Japanese food
Grilled fish
Tempura
Soup
Rice bowl with lid
Obe
Mentsu
Japanese sweets
How to use Western tableware
What not to do with a knife and fork
How to place a knife and fork
How to use a napkin
Let's eat Western food
Soup
Bread
Spaghetti
Dessert
Coffee and Tea
Manners of Life
personal grooming
Washing face
brush your teeth
Going to the toilet
going to the bathroom
cut your nails
gargle
wash your hands
Before going out
After going out
Check your clothes
Standing, Walking and Sitting
How to stand
Walking
How to sit/stand on a chair
How to bow
How to receive and give things to others
greetings
Greetings at home
Greetings outside
Bowing and Conversation
Giving a bow
Various conversations
Toilet
Bath
Wash your body
Soak in the bathtub
Clean the bathroom
Wipe your body
Disposing of Garbage
taking care of your personal belongings
Closing the door
intercom
telephone
Lighters and matches
How to hold a pencil and pen
Letter writing
New Year's cards
Seasonal Events
New Year's Day
Setsubun
Peach Festival
Tango no Sekku
Tanabata
Obon
Otsukimi
Shichigosan
New Year's Eve
Manners for going out
Department stores and supermarkets
Around the cash register
Elevators/ Escalators
Restaurants
When you spill food
Hotel/Inn
In the room
Bathroom
Library/Museum
Shrine/Temple
Hospitals
Movie theater
Park
Friend's house
In your room
After a feast
Before you leave
Traffic Manners
Trains
Home
On the Train
Bus
Automobiles
Walking on the road
Riding a Bicycle
Manners at school and preschool
Fun socializing
Class time and recess
Bento and School Lunch
Staff room
To Adults (Caretakers)
- Size：240×210mm
- Pages：80Pages（Full Color）
- Binding：Hardbound
- Publisher：PIE International
- Language：Japanese
- ISBN：978-4-7562-5683-6 Ｃ8737
- Author：Author: Emi Sunai, Illustrator: Azusa Ishiyama
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Author: Emi Sunai
Representative of “Manners School Laibium” and “Manners School for Parents and Children” which are popular as “schools that produce results”. Author of the best-selling book, “What Only People with Good Upbringing Know”. After working as a trainer of VIP attendants for the Imperial Family and political and business circles, he established “Raibium Co. Ltd. where she teaches manners, behavior, conversation, and socializing. She is also popular for her lessons on table manners, buffet manners, and party manners. She has been praised by many of her students for her “Suuchi Magic,” which teaches “life-changing manners and etiquette. Suuchi’s “Parent-Child and Exam Preparation Classes” have been highly acclaimed by prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools, achieving a 95% success rate in passing their first-choice exams. The school has achieved a 95% first-choice acceptance rate and has achieved top acceptance at many prestigious schools. She has appeared in many media such as TV, magazines, and radio. He is also well known for teaching elegant gestures to actresses in movies and TV dramas. For more than ten years, she has been involved in social contribution activities such as job hunting support for people with hearing, limb, mental, and intellectual disabilities, and is highly trusted by the government. He is the author of “Raising a Good Family” (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing Co., Ltd.) and “More! What Only People with Good Upbringing Know” (Diamond Inc.), “Otonano Wakamiewo Kanaeru Shigusa to Furumai” (Daiwa Shobo), “Man’s Courtesy and Manners You Must Know” (SB Creative), and “Sekaiichi Utsukushii Furumai to Manner” (Takahashi Shoten), among others.
Illustrator: Azusa Ishiyama
Born in Osaka, Azusa Ishiyama is a manga artist appreciated for the warmth with which delicious-looking food is rendered in their illustrations. The illustrator received the Comic Award (Cooking Category) at the Cookbook Awards in Japan 2017 for the manga “Mayonaka Gohan” (Ohzora Publishing). Other manga include “Tsumamigui Bento” (Ohzora Publishing) and picture book illustrations include “Kuishinpo no kobutano guu guu” (Kyouikugageki), “Kyushoku-shitsu no ichinichi” (Shonen Shashin Shimbunsha) among others.
