4.5 Stars

I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so wholesome! It reminded me of those American Girl how-to books I used to read as a pre-teen. I would definitely recommend this book to any child or adolescent who wants to get better at making friends, dealing with peer conflicts and challenges, and maintaining strong and nurturing friendships. There was information in here that even I as a twenty-something year old learned from and hope to apply to my current relationships. Friendships are not easy, and take serious dedication and self-growth to cultivate and maintain. Dr. Moss does a wonderful job providing easy-to-understand and effective friendship advice that anyone can benefit from.

'The Friendship Book' is a valuable resource for high school students navigating the complexities of friendships. With practical tips, quizzes, and relatable examples, it offers guidance on being a good friend, resolving conflicts, and understanding the dynamics of healthy relationships.

This book would be helpful to go over various concepts of friendships. It can be difficulty to navigate specific parts, and this book may help.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

The friendship book is a fantastic book for children aged 8-12 years of age. This book has some great friendship related topics and each section begins with a quiz for them to do which adds some fun to it too.
There are many great tips within this book to help support and guide children to make more meaningful friendships, recognise toxic ones and peer pressure etc.
The sections include lots of information told in a way that this age group will understand and is very much like what the children do in school in PHSE lessons, but more in depth and more personal to the child. This book is like an agony aunt to seek help, advise and support from.
The use of this book should also help children with problems such as resolving conflicts and surviving disagreements.
Each section also has some great examples of a scenario/situation that are very relatable, for the child to understand and relate better to the section being discussed which allows them to better understand and connect to situations they may come across in life.
A great resource for any child!

This book is very interactive and written in a conversational, approachable way. There are numerous quizzes to help young audiences understand where they currently are/what they want. The book also includes example stories of what a fictional person did. The book is non-judgmental but invites the reader to consider what the fictional person did well and could have done better. Each chapter also includes a "Call to Action" so the reader knows what they can do with the information that was just covered. Altogether, this set up makes for a wonderful, usable book about an important and pertinent topic.