How to Be

With deft strokes of his pen and a witty voice to match, master illustrator and storyteller Munro Leaf captured the whimsy and innocence of childhood for an entire generation of readers. Now, more than fifty years later, those same readers are passing these stories down to their children and their children's children, and Munro Leaf's collection of children's books has reached iconic status. Collected here, for the first time, in one affordable volume, are some of Leaf's most beloved childhood guides. With a charming mixture of fatherly concern and kind-hearted humor, Leaf helped an entire generation of children (and one or two adults) learn how to behave like proper grown ups without ever coming across like a scold.

“"With a charming mixture of fatherly concern and kindhearted humor, and without ever coming across as a scold, Leaf has helped generations of American children (and adults) learn how to behave like proper grown-ups (in grown-up company), how to speak politely, to enjoy reading, and even to remember to brush their teeth. . .”

How to Be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best Kid You Can Be is very highly recommended for personal, community and academic library collections and will ably serve to introduce Munroe Leaf's work to a new generation of appreciative young readers." -MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

Munro Leaf is best known for the Story of Ferdinand, first published in 1936 and a bestseller ever since. He died in 1976 at the age of 71.

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