What an adorable little book! Told in rhyming verse, I can see little ones really enjoying this well illustrated book. I certainly enjoyed it. Has its "awww" moments. A book I'd like to hug.



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This was a sweet book. I thought it emphasized on how everyone should have friends to play with. It is nice that the book teaches kids to make friends by making the first move.

I nice thought-provoking story for 3-8 year olds which centres around a little doll on a toy shelf, who wishes she had some friends. Gradually you see her find two companions and they become 'the best of friends'. It's a nice simple tale of how children can make friends, and has a nice happy ending. The illustrations are lovely and bold, and the sans-serif typeface used is very child-friendly. There are activities at the end of the book which helpfully extends the learning.

A cute and fun little book with brilliant colors and illustration, which your child will surely enjoy and have fun with.this little book tells about a lonely doll who was very sad because of her situation, but she met someone as lonely as herself and together they were no longer sad and lonely then another new friend was in the midst and loneliness became a thing of the past. A truly inspiring and fun book.

This was a fun story about wanting and needing to be with others that are like you.

A simple story on how a few toys in a room found happiness through friendship with other toys. Excellent for toddlers and preschoolers. :)

Stunning artwork.
This is a beautifully illustrated book about loneliness and the difference it makes when you have a friend to share things with. The Little Someone of the title is sad rag-doll, until she spots a sad boy-doll on the other side of the toy shop. Once they meet and become friends they are both much happier. And when a toy dog joins them, their happiness is complete.

A very simple story with a moral about friendship, suitable for young children from about 3 to 6 years. It is available on Kindle, which is a plus, as it enables entertaining youngsters away from home without resorting to games or videos on the Ipad.

This book has rhyming text, which I enjoy in children's books, but I need the words to flow to a precise pattern and in places this fails to do that - hence the dropped star.

There are nineteen activities at the end of the book, from counting and naming colours, to drawing faces to express feelings.

I enjoyed the book and loved that the toys on the shelves were able to get together and to be friends. Everyone needs friends even toys! A great book!

I received a copy of this book via NetGalley for an honest review. I was not compensated in any way.

I wish I could say that I was the one who reviewed it, but being almost thirty, reading a children's book with a child's eye is a difficult trait. A trait I don't have down pat . . . that is, if you don't count my five year old son.

I figured the best way to review this book and any children's book is to use a child. That is what I did. I read to my boy and asked him his thoughts. I personally loved the artwork and the story itself was adorable. It addresses being lonely and making new friends. I only wish there was a bit more to it.

My son,, agreed in not so many words. He said he liked the story and the art, but left it at that. The fact that he didn't ask me to read it again right away indicated to me that though the book was good, it didn't catch him to want it again.

A cute little doll sitting on a shelf in a toy store is lonely, despite having all the other toys to play with; unlike Toy Story, apparently only the human-shaped toys can pretend to be people. For some reason—maybe because she looks so sad—no kids want to buy her. Finally she notices another semi-human doll across the way and invites him over to play (Sorry, it’s told in rhyme, so I had to).
It’s a cute touch that the page numbers are given as counting blocks. The art is cartoonish more than any type of realistic, but exactly the brightly-colored no-subtlety kind you’d expect for little kids. The last pages are activities—a lot of them—and author bios.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

This was a completely lovable children's story about making friends, with rhyming text by Sharon Peters and beautiful and colorful pictures by Amanda Alter. I liked the use of the numbered building blocks to make the page numbers, and I fell in love with the little dog which was completely adorable.

The little someone is alone of a shelf, being ignored by everyone when she sees another little someone on another shelf, who seems to be in the same position - so what's the solution? Children will have fun finding out and then in "researching" afterwards, to answer questions based on numbers and colors in the earlier pages of the book. I recommend this.

Story line and illustrations were brilliantly depicted. The book, however, presented a very troublesome situation that was captured in illustration and with the question at the end. Flying rc helicopter so close to people and in an enclosed room by a child is hazardous. A hat on the helio would knock it off balance and could hit someone with impending consequences. The boy reaching for hat could get his fingers cut by the rotating blades.

I'm Just a Little Someone speaks on loneliness and seeking a friend. One doll sits upon the shelf seeking someone to play with her. After a little sadness, she looks across the room and sees another doll seeking the same. With so much in common, they discover a friendship that brings them joy and wonder. Their happiness becomes infectious and they found another friend in need of joy. I recommend this story for early childhood to first grade students, figuring out their desire for friendship in school and at home. It's easily readable for those learning to read with clear and colorful pictures. Also, by the story's end, a list of doable activities provides the reader and their caregiver hours of after-book fun.

A must book to buy for toddlers simple language that is repeated with questions to help pupils communicate among themselves after reading it suitable for home schooling and school use.

Such a lovely book for young children! I read this to my nearly 3 yr old grandson, who wanted me to read it to him again and again. He is unable to speak at the moment and uses sign language, so I didn't go through the questions at the back. A wonderful story, with a great message! I must admit that as someone who has always loved dolls and used to collect them, this was a very easy choice for me to read to my grandson. I highly recommend.

My thanks to Netgalley and this is my honest review.

Love the book for a very young kid. Really loved the page numbers but was not a big fan of the illustrations. Good book though.

This is a wonderful book that shows kids how to make a friend. A girl doll who is sitting on the shelf has no friends but finds a little boy doll on another shelf and does something that is obvious to adults, but difficult for a shy or developmentally delayed child. The illustrations are clean and colorful and at the end of the book are questions and activities to do with a child or a classroom full of children.

Loved it but it was a little simplistic plot wise. I wish something else would have happened to heighten it.