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What Do You Say, Dear?

What Do You Say, Dear?: A Book of Manners for All Occasions

By Maurice Sendak

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Grade level Equivalent: 3.9

Lexile Measure®: 530L

DRA: 18-20

Guided Reading: J

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  • Culture and Diversity

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About This Book

What do you say when:
  • you bump into a crocodile on a crowded city street?

  • a nice gentleman introduces you to a baby elephant?

  • the Queen feeds you so much spaghetti that you don't fit in your chair anymore?

    This is the funniest book of manners you'll ever read!

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    Maurice Sendak

    Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012) earned the Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are.

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