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What Do You Say, Dear?

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

By Maurice Sendak

Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 3.9

Lexile Measure®: 530L

DRA: 18-20

Guided Reading: J

Genre

  • General Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Character and Values
  • Culture and Diversity

Reading Quiz Programs

SRC! Quiz

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!

    About the Authors or Illustrators

    Maurice Sendak

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

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