Manners Are Magic: You'll Thank Me for Telling You Lessons on Life from Ms. Manners

Yes, please. Thank you. Nice talking with you. Good manners are key to treating others with respect and succeeding in life.

Jean Abrahamson has been a teacher for more than 40 years, and she knows that today's kids need to learn about manners the same way her parents taught her. In Manners Are Magic, Ms. Abrahamson shares with young readers timeless ways to:

- Be a good sport - Do well in school - Avoid confrontations with bullies - Behave in someone else's home - Use good table manners - Treat everyone respectfully, even if they are different from you - And lots more, thank you very much!

Whether you're in school, at home, or visiting a friend's house, using good manners will help you make friends for life, impress teachers and neighbors, and generally make people want to be around you.

Ms. Jean Abrahamson has been a substitute teacher in the Cincinnati Public Schools for more than 40 years. Ms. Abrahamson believes so strongly about a young person's need to learn and employ proper manners that dozens of times during her teaching career she has sponsored cash rewards to students who exhibit good manners.