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# How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them (Dino Tales: Life Guides for Families)

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Review: A new favorite! - My 4 year old son's neuropsychologist highly recommended it as a great way to teach him about social norms so that he can build some good friendships instead of turning all the kids off with his boisterous and sometimes overbearing reactions (and affinity for pushing and chasing) Well, both of my kids (my youngest is 1.5) absolutely ADORE this book! They have wanted to read it every single day since it arrived. My son seems to be taking some of the lessons to heart, as he will bring up ways to be good friend or how not to be a friend randomly throughout the day. Our first playdate since getting this book also went swimmingly! There are a couple of more mature themes mentioned in this book- divorce being one of them. Not that I personally think it is an inappropriate topic, but if you have a child that you don't think is ready to discuss something like that, it's something to keep in mind. Though the beauty of reading to small children typically too young for stuff like that is- they can't read! So if you skip over a part, they never even know! (I always skip the part where the mom commits a little B&E and then cradles her sleeping adult son in that-book-that-shall-not-be-named because, creepy. And both kids are none the wiser) So yeah, this book is great, especially if you kiddo needs a little nudge about how to be good friend material. I'm not sure why, but small children tend to take a book's word for it more than if mom or dad tells them themselves... Worth every penny!
Review: THIS BOOK IS FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILD K -2. - This book is not for everybody and not for any age. I was bit disappointed with negative reviews about this book who spoil it for older kids parents. This book is dealing with attitudes of older 5 6 and 7 years old and younger kids should NOT even be exposed to that because they indeed make pick up some from those. Older kids however can really use this book to express their problems with friends, their problem with their friend making and find solutions. My son has problems with a friend who tells all his boy scout friends what to do all the time. He could not fix this and we could not fix this, but one day he has him over and showed him the book and that other boy red the one page about BOSSES and he blushed. He saw himself in it. It gave very clear examples of a child who was bossing others on this page and he took it and got it. Yes, this is awesome and amazing book and helps to see what is good and what is bad when comes to friendship. There is tons books about bullies and how to deal with them but this book is a simple visual guide to situations among school age kids in K to 2 and how to navigate in that when you are that age. It is book for kids not for parents and kids really GET IT. There are good examples to follow for those who need them and bad to reflect on them for bad behaving kids and for good kids to help to see how and what to say and what to do. What not to love? It is very affordable book, one Starbucks coffee really, no risk to me and I think it was so much wisdom and so much learned from it. Nothing to loose all to gain. Again, DO NOT buy for younger kids no matter how advance readers and smarts they are because this is the same problem as with those smart pants ending send to Kindy one year earlier and then being socially inadequate for most situations. Being smart and advanced is one think, fit socially another. therefore do not expose younger kids to those problems, just as you should not send younger kid early to Kindy :)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #17,960 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #91 in Children's Dinosaur Books (Books) #341 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books) #602 in Children's Friendship Books |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,079 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A new favorite!
*by I***W on January 26, 2016*

My 4 year old son's neuropsychologist highly recommended it as a great way to teach him about social norms so that he can build some good friendships instead of turning all the kids off with his boisterous and sometimes overbearing reactions (and affinity for pushing and chasing) Well, both of my kids (my youngest is 1.5) absolutely ADORE this book! They have wanted to read it every single day since it arrived. My son seems to be taking some of the lessons to heart, as he will bring up ways to be good friend or how not to be a friend randomly throughout the day. Our first playdate since getting this book also went swimmingly! There are a couple of more mature themes mentioned in this book- divorce being one of them. Not that I personally think it is an inappropriate topic, but if you have a child that you don't think is ready to discuss something like that, it's something to keep in mind. Though the beauty of reading to small children typically too young for stuff like that is- they can't read! So if you skip over a part, they never even know! (I always skip the part where the mom commits a little B&E and then cradles her sleeping adult son in that-book-that-shall-not-be-named because, creepy. And both kids are none the wiser) So yeah, this book is great, especially if you kiddo needs a little nudge about how to be good friend material. I'm not sure why, but small children tend to take a book's word for it more than if mom or dad tells them themselves... Worth every penny!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THIS BOOK IS FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILD K -2.
*by C***. on April 28, 2013*

This book is not for everybody and not for any age. I was bit disappointed with negative reviews about this book who spoil it for older kids parents. This book is dealing with attitudes of older 5 6 and 7 years old and younger kids should NOT even be exposed to that because they indeed make pick up some from those. Older kids however can really use this book to express their problems with friends, their problem with their friend making and find solutions. My son has problems with a friend who tells all his boy scout friends what to do all the time. He could not fix this and we could not fix this, but one day he has him over and showed him the book and that other boy red the one page about BOSSES and he blushed. He saw himself in it. It gave very clear examples of a child who was bossing others on this page and he took it and got it. Yes, this is awesome and amazing book and helps to see what is good and what is bad when comes to friendship. There is tons books about bullies and how to deal with them but this book is a simple visual guide to situations among school age kids in K to 2 and how to navigate in that when you are that age. It is book for kids not for parents and kids really GET IT. There are good examples to follow for those who need them and bad to reflect on them for bad behaving kids and for good kids to help to see how and what to say and what to do. What not to love? It is very affordable book, one Starbucks coffee really, no risk to me and I think it was so much wisdom and so much learned from it. Nothing to loose all to gain. Again, DO NOT buy for younger kids no matter how advance readers and smarts they are because this is the same problem as with those smart pants ending send to Kindy one year earlier and then being socially inadequate for most situations. Being smart and advanced is one think, fit socially another. therefore do not expose younger kids to those problems, just as you should not send younger kid early to Kindy :)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The author presents the information in a very kid-friendly and fun way. It has been a great tool for ...
*by R***E on April 7, 2017*

My six-year old has been struggling with making friends. I have checked out from the library a number of books related to making friends, and this one really struck a chord with him. He requests to read it over and over again. It provides real life tricky situations that are difficult for a child to navigate through, and it presents some options for what a child could do in those situations. He is reluctant to take mom and dad's advice, but listens whole heartedly when we read this book to him. The author presents the information in a very kid-friendly and fun way. It has been a great tool for our son and hope it does the same for your child.

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