Emmuska on Manners

As anybody who has spent anytime around children can tell you there is much that can be learned from them. Here is what Emmuska taught me yesterday:
After casually tossing a book that is special to me onto the floor I got upset at her telling her that it was inappropriate to treat books - especially that one in such a way. Mycal seeing how upset I was over the treatment of said book told her to give the book a kiss (in order to exemplify to a three year old the level of respect it should receive) to which Emmuska responded:
"But it's not a people."
Valid point - inanimate objects do not receive the same treatment as people. So now I have to figure out a better way to teach treating non-people with respect.