Firstly a couple of warnings this book is very Amrican so if reading it with a child you may need to change a couple of things, and it may sound simplistic but rhat is nit going to be the case fir all.
The premise of this book is great proving children with the instructions for making friends. For children who find this difficult this book will certainly help. It will help children with social anxiety gain some hints and tips. However when all is said and done it can’t guarantee that it will solve all friendship difficulties. Ultimately a book that may help.

This book was loaded with great advice on friendship. I think many children and their parents will benefit from reading it. It offers advice for making friends, understanding how friendships change, losing friends and dealing with the aftermath of no longer being friends. There are sections parents can read to help their children. This book could be useful to parents, or teachers, of children with autism, as well.

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This book is helpful for making friends and living socially. The advice is helpful for adults too. Some of the elements may seem silly to adults and distracting for kids. Don't let it because the advice is helpful.

As I read this, I tried to imagine if I were reading it as a child, and I felt it would be invaluable information to encourage confidence and skill in friendships, mixed with the right amount of humor to keep engaging the young reader. I feel in this age of cell phones, where young people are loosing face-to-face social skills, that this book is a treasure to teach the basics of making good, healthy relationships. It also touches on dealing with the challenges in friendships. I would highly recommend this title to be stocked in school libraries, for the many young people who would benefit from its wisdom.

Growing Friendships needs a place on your shelf! Every kid could use a boost to their emotional intelligence and some added friend skills, and Growing Friendships is the perfect tool to engage and inform. Practical solutions to everyday issues kids face such as how to speak up without hurting someone's feelings, and how to join a conversation or group without disrupting or annoying people. Important terms are highlighted and explained, as well as being defined in the Glossary at the end. While the book is aimed at 7-10 year-olds, Growing Friendships won't put off older kids, and even adults could find useful skills.
I will definitely be adding this to my middle school library shelves!

Growing Friendships: A Kids' Guide to Making and Keeping Friends is not just for kids: parents, teachers, tutors, therapists, playground assistants, and anyone who works with children will benefit from Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Christine McLaughlin's book on children's friendships. They cover topics such as how to make friends, stepping back to keep friends, managing friendship rough spots, and more. With direct text and humorous asides from a scheming cat and a thoughtful dog, this book offers clear examples and opportunities to help children manage the rough seas of gaining and loosing friends or to distinguish between, say, bullying and simple disagreements. As a tutor, I will pair this with fictional works that involve friendships such as The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin, Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo, and Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson. Friendships throughout life can be challenging, and Growing Friendships is here to help all of us.

This book had been very useful, not just for myself but for the children that I teach. sharing the book with the children really got them discussing the different situations and how they would respond and act if it was them. Some even admitted to feeling the same way that the character in the book has. They gained a lot from it and it is certainly the kind of book that I would purchase to keep in the classroom.

Amazing! Perfect for K and first graders. My girls are learning how to make friends and realizing how different they are and being okay with being different and liking different things. This is written in a way that easily translates to them so they can grasp the concepts in the book.