This little girl is one of my favorite characters!
Little Rudy Manners
by Tammy Pringle
Little Rudy Manners is as polite as she can be
She always says "I'm sorry" when she kicks me in the knee
There was the time she tripped me and I fell down on the floor
She grabbed my arm and yanked me up and then she held the door
Today she yelled, "Excuse me," before she butt in line
Then smiled and screamed, "Hello," when she pushed me from behind
She uses the word, "Please," before she shouts to me commands
And "Thank you," every time she takes my cookie from my hand
Yes, Little Rudy Manners is as polite as she can be
Which isn't much -
If I may say so graciously!
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Copyright (c) 2010 by Tammy Pringle. All rights reserved. Poems may not be used or reused without permission.
About Me
- Tammy Pringle
- I graduated college with an English degree, and although I have been writing and editing for 20 years, I did not start writing for children until I had my own. I guess I needed to feel qualified, and I think that being Mom to five creative and lively boys has filled that requirement! Soon after my oldest son was born, I started making up silly rhymes to sing and say to him. When he became a toddler, I composed a rhyming prayer for him to memorize and recite at meal times. I continued having children and making up rhymes for them until the combination quite naturally turned into a passion for children's writing. I enjoy working with the English language and coming up with fun and absurd ideas. I grew up reading Dr. Suess. His works, because of their rhyme and the style in which he wrote them, have stayed with me into my adult years. Most of us can remember the rhymes we learned as children. My hope is that my poems will be widely read, enjoyed, and remembered by those children (and adults!) who read them.
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