How to Books in Order by Munro Leaf
How to by Munro Leaf contains 9 books, published between 1934 and 2015. The first book is How to Speak Politely and Why (1934) and the newest is How to Be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best Kid You Can Be (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
Other series are also called How to: How to Books in Order: 3 Different Series.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1934–2015
- Pages on record
- 441 in 7 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 7.3–11 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 441 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
How to is a series of 9 children's books by Munro Leaf on manners, etiquette, health and reading. How to Speak Politely and Why (1934) is the earliest listed title, followed by Manners Can Be Fun (1936) and Brushing Your Teeth Can Be Fun (1943). Other entries include Reading Can Be Fun (1953) and Geography Can Be Fun (1962). Subjects also include English grammar and usage.
How many How to books are there?
How to has 9 books, released between 1934 and 2015.
How to Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 How to books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1How to Speak Politely and Why1934 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41934561/4
- 2Manners Can Be Fun1936 · 50 pages · confirmed 1/41936501/4
- 3Brushing Your Teeth Can Be Fun1943 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41943561/4
- 4Reading Can Be Fun1953 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41953561/4
- 5Geography Can Be Fun1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 6Metric Can Be Fun!1976 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/41976631/4
- 7Being An American Can Be Fun2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 8How to Behave and Why2002 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42002481/4
- 9How to Be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best Kid You Can Be2015 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420151121/4
Is there a chronological order for How to?
No separate chronological order is on record for How to, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read How to books in order?
You should read the How to books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each How to book also stands alone.
Where to start with How to
Start with How to Speak Politely and Why (1934), the earliest published title.
What is the newest How to book?
How to Be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best Kid You Can Be (2015) is the newest How to book released so far.
Is there a new How to book coming?
No next How to book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
How to at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest How to title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- How to books have appeared about one every 10 years on average.
- Length
- 441 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 56 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most How to books, 2 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
What the How to books are about
8 of the 9 How to books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 7 of 8 books
- Children 2 of 8 books
- Etiquette 2 of 8 books
- Etiquette for children and teenagers 2 of 8 books
- Health 2 of 8 books
- Manners and customs 2 of 8 books
- Manners and customs, juvenile literature 2 of 8 books
- Reading 2 of 8 books
More books by Munro Leaf
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Munro Leaf books in order 24 books