How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them (Dino Life Guides for Families)
by Laurie Krasny Brown
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Author: Laurie Krasny BrownBrand: Books
Illustrator: Marc Brown
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-01
ISBN: 0316111538
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them (Dino Life Guides for Families)
Book Review: Horrible for my 3 1/2 year old
Summary: 1 Stars
I do not write reviews often, only when I am unbelievably pleased or completely disappointed. My 3 1/2 has had a tough time making friends with peers. We bought a couple of books and videos as one means for helping her along.
Let me start by recommending the series of books by Cheri J. Meiners. The books don't even compare in regards to teaching my 3 1/2 year old lessons related to friendship and interacting with others...check them out.
As for the book being reviewed, as one reviewer commented the pages are much too busy. In addition, there is a lot of negative content meant to teach children what behavior to avoid, however for a 3 1/2 year old, I think the more exposure they get to negativity the more apt they are to emulate it. Examples:
"You Stupidosaurus!"
"You can't play it's only for boys!"
"Nya, Nya, na, na, na"
"You can't play with her. You're my best friend."
"This game is dumb I quit!"
I'm not naive enough not to realize that my child will be exposed to this, but to be exposed to these concept at 3 1/2 via a book, could be counter productive.
Even the section on ways to be a friend has examples I found asinine:
"My parents are getting divorced. Please don't tell anyone." "I won't"...Can you think of better examples to emulate trust? Yeah me too.
If these quotes haven't deterred you, then spend away, but do check out the Cheri J. Meiners series as I can tell you the books were far and away better for my 3 1/2 year old.
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Summary of How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them (Dino Life Guides for Families)
Find out: * who can be your friend * how to show someone you would like to be friends * how to handle bosses and bullies * the best ways to be a friend and ways not to be a friend * ways to settle an argument with a friend.Dinosaurs Books
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