The Polite Parade is a joyful, rhyming picture book designed for children ages 2–6. In this engaging story, a group of young children march through a lively parade while demonstrating the power of good manners. Along the way, readers see characters using “please,” “thank you,” “excuse me,” and “I’m sorry,” while practicing kindness, sharing, patience, and respect. Through colorful storytelling and relatable scenarios, the book reinforces social-emotional learning in a fun and age-appropriate way.
The Polite Parade is a joyful, rhyming picture book designed for children ages 2–6. In this engaging story, a group of young children march through a lively parade while demonstrating the power of good manners. Along the way, readers see characters using “please,” “thank you,” “excuse me,” and “I’m sorry,” while practicing kindness, sharing, patience, and respect. Through colorful storytelling and relatable scenarios, the book reinforces social-emotional learning in a fun and age-appropriate way.
The Polite Parade is an outstanding children's book that spreads kindness and celebrates politeness.
The Polite Parade is a joyful and exciting event where children are encouraged to come with posters, banners, and in costumes with the same goal: to promote kind acts, say kind words, and let their inner light shine. Smiles, laughter, kind words, and actions were seen and heard all along the parade. Each word, phrase, and gesture was bolded in a bright color, such as "You're welcome" written in yellow and "After You" highlighted in purple.
Every child was welcome to watch or participate in the parade, and the artist did a sensational job designing the diverse cast. Kids will love the costumes, sparkly outfits, and, most importantly, seeing a character represent their race or ethnicity. Plus, the participants' outfits were very cute. A knight, animal onesies, and a superhero were just a small sample of costumes and memorable attire worn by parade walkers. There was music, lemonade, balloons, and ice cream. "Thank you," "please," "you're welcome," "excuse me," and several more polite words were shared and learned in this wonderful, uplifting book. Kids were encouraged to use kind words and bring signs promoting politeness for a grand reason: "Polite Kids Make the World a Nice Place!" So true!
Being polite doesn't just mean using familiar phrases like "please" and "thank you"; it also means acknowledging mistakes and fixing them. Leah the Lion demonstrated this when she accidentally stepped on a parade watcher's balloon. She apologized and gave the darling child a new one. Jada the Jumper's sign offering "Free Hugs" was a sweet gesture, but the author's note of always asking first is great advice. Being respectful is another polite term, and you definitely want to respect a person's feelings and boundaries.
There is so much to love about The Polite Parade. Read this delightful story with your family and class and show how words, gratitude, helping others, and thoughtfulness can create positive energy that flows to every point of the world. Create signs or banners and organize a school parade to showcase how your class demonstrates politeness and kindness. And remember, politeness never goes out of style!
The recommended reading age is 3-7 years.