The Art of Friendship: A Guide to Building Lasting Relationships

AL: A bit much for preschool, but good for elementary students.

United States on Nov 03, 2023

Thomas Ching: will buy again

Canada on Sep 20, 2023

SubinSubin: Some pages are good for 4 or 5 yr old...some are for older children like 7 year old kids... overall it is a good book..must buy for age group of 4 to 8

India on Mar 06, 2022

Maren Welling: My son (7) loves this book and it inspires thoughts and conversations with his dad who speaks and reads English with him. Very valuable.

Germany on Jun 16, 2018

stuff: Overall I think it's an alright book and will be keeping it. The main issues I have are with the brief, comic-like parts of the book where characters show an example of what the author is explaining.

- A girl mentions that a boy is her boyfriend which seems inappropriate for a book geared at children
- A girl mentions that her parents are getting divorced, and wants it to be a secret. I'm on the fence about this one, because it could be a good lesson and is probably something that happens a lot, but seems a little intense.
- In an example of how not to be a friend, someone calls someone else a Stupidosaurus, which you may not want introduced into your kids' vocabulary.

It wasn't a particularly fun read, more informative, but surprisingly held my five year old's attention, and he seemed to take away some good info, so still giving it 4 stars.

United States on Mar 15, 2018

ItsTheTaylorCrew: 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...

United States on Jan 26, 2016

DDirk: This has been a great book for my 3 year old son. He started his first year of preschool this year and sharing, taking turns, and playing nicely has been bit of a problem for him! We sit down and read this book often to remind him "how to be a good friend"! I feel that he understands what's going on in the book and has seemed to pick up on good behaviors from this book also! They have pictures and examples on ways to be a "good" friend. We read each picture and then I ask him questions about the pictures and we discuss what's the right and wrong thing. It has also been helpful between him and his little brothers. All I need to do is remind him about this book and things seem to go a little smoother!

United States on Dec 11, 2015

Mrs. G. A. Bennett: I don't have much time to write reviews but felt compelled to let the world know how great this book is. I loved it so much I bought a few copies and donated them to my son's school. My 4 year old son loves this book and sometimes after a hard day at school he will ask for the book and go to a specific page and ask me to read it...I then know 'something' has been going on at school. After reading the page we then have a discussion about the situation and what he could have done or the other person could have done to resolve or prevent the situation arising in the future. The book is done in cartoon form and my son is completely engaged by this book.....more so than any other book we have. My favourite part of the book is inside the front cover which lists all of the 'ways to be a good friend' and inside the back cover which lists 'ways not to be a good friend'. I think this would be an amazing anti-bullying resource for schools especially for the reception year and a must have for any parent who wants to rear a nice person. We also use it as a resource to encourage being nice to your little brother! It covers topics like bullies and bosses, including and excluding people, ways to...

United Kingdom on Mar 03, 2015

miquel: We like the advice it gives (dad says: it's not a masterwork though, but my son asks me to read it every night)

Spain on Jan 18, 2015

Claire B.: 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...

United States on Apr 28, 2013