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Catherine Newman, HOW TO BE A PERSON

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Catherine Newman is the author of the fantastic book How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You're Grown Up. She's the etiquette columnist at Real Simple magazine and the editor of the James Beard Award-winning nonprofit kids' cooking magazine ChopChop. I'm so glad Catherine was inspired to write this book because it's an amazing way to get kids comfortable with basic skills from table-setting to apologizing and help them feel independent while doing it. I followed Catherine's advice to get the book and just leave it somewhere accessible for everyone in the family - they'll be inclined to read this practical, fun, graphic novel-esque book. It's a favorite in my house!

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Catherine Newman is the author of How to Be a Person, 65 hugely useful, super important skills to learn before you're grown up.

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She's also the author of Waiting for Birdie, Catastrophic Happiness, and One Mixed Up Night, and the co-author of Stitchcamp.

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She is the etiquette columnist for Real Simple Magazine and the editor of the James Beard Award-winning Kids Cooking Magazine, Chop Chop.

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Newman has contributed to publications, including The New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, and Parents.

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She currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family.

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Thanks for doing this again.

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Thank you for having me again.

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You're welcome.

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Okay, so how to be a person.

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