Kurt’s Awesome Surprise is an uplifting, instructive, and enlightening book for all ages. Children, students, and even their moms and dads would benefit from reading it. It is wholesome, educational, and entertaining. Children and youth learn in an easy, natural, effortless way, what they need for cultivating good manners and etiquette they can use for the rest of their lives.The story starts out with Courtney, Kurt’s sister, who has a troublesome problem, and is unable to solve it. She decides to ask for advice. She wonders if her best friend, Angela, would have a solution to the embarrassing situations she finds herself in on a daily basis. What could she do about Kurt’s inconsiderate and unattractive behavior?Through their adventures at the neighborhood park, at dinnertime, and playing their favorite game with friends, Kurt will learn lessons he will use for years to come. Courtney, on the other hand, will also learn lessons: in patience, compassion, kindness, and love.In the story, we later find out Kurt’s awesome surprise. There is an unexpected reward at the end of the rainbow for the hard work and study he ends up doing. We also learn how his lessons will affect him in the future.Delight in the journey Courtney takes to teach Kurt the fundamental concepts and principles for living in a cultured way, according to proper etiquette. In beautifully rhyming words, this book teaches important rules and lessons in life for everyone, young and old alike, to live by and enjoy.
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