This short and col­or­ful book uses the ​“lift-the-flap” for­mat which is fun and inter­ac­tive for lit­tle ones. The illus­tra­tions depict an Ortho­dox fam­i­ly at mun­dane, as well as spe­cial occa­sions. The book’s express pur­pose is to teach the prop­er, ​“polite” respons­es to var­i­ous sce­nar­ios. For exam­ple, it shows a fam­i­ly vis­it­ing a home with one child say­ing ​“hel­lo” and the vis­it­ing child shak­ing the hand of an adult and say­ing, ​“nice meet­ing you.” 

Anoth­er scene occurs at a home where the mitz­vah of a brit is tak­ing place and every­one says, ​“mazel tov!” The book also includes a very sweet sce­nario (good for Yom Kip­pur) of one child who acci­den­tal­ly bumps into anoth­er and says,”I’m sorry.” 

The char­ac­ters in the sto­ry are shown to be Ortho­dox by the tra­di­tion­al cloth­ing of both the males and females, but this could be enjoyed by any Jew­ish fam­i­ly. The mes­sage of learn­ing the ​“right words for the right sit­u­a­tion” is one that par­ents can use as a tool for teach­ing man­ners that help cre­ate ​“men­sches.” Because this book is so short (eight pages of script and eight of illus­tra­tions) it is only for the very young child. Ages 2 – 4.