How to Be a Friend. A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them Dino Life Guides for Families

Customer Reviews

This book as taught us a lot!

2007-07-13
I bought a bunch of books for my 4 year old son when I learned he was teasing the other kids at his preschool. This was one of them. He loves this book, and I notice that he has gotten so much better playing with other children since we started reading this book.

It has been so effective that I simply say "Jimmy, is that how you be a good friend?" when I feel he is being unkind, and he will answer me, using "good friend" examples from the book, and immediately change his behavior. He also tells other children how they can be "good Friends" too.

Unfortunatley, as he nears the age of being a "tattle tale", he is very quick to point out when other children aren't being "good friends" and tells them "You need to read Mommy's book." LOL

I highly recommend to any parent.

Great book for Kids

2007-02-22
I enjoyed the book. It will help my students become better friends with personal ideas and reasons.

GREAT!

2007-01-09
Reinforces the criteria and requirements that kids need to know to be a "GOOD" friend in easy to understand examples.

A fun read!

2007-01-04
I bought this book to find out how to help my 10 year old with some basic friendship issues. This book was VERY basic and geared for a younger child, but I feel that it is a great book for any parent. My daughter read it also and said that she thought it was very helpful, but a little too "kiddy" for her taste.

Kid's Review

2006-10-18
I actually give this book four and half stars. I liked it a lot and it had lots of good advice about how to be a good friend. It described how I feel when I feel shy. I am five and almost three quarters and my sister who is two liked it also.
Jacob (with help from his mom)

Fun and a great teaching tool

2008-05-02
How to be a friend is such a nice book. It is like an instruction manual for kids who have difficulties making friends. It shows what is acceptable and what others find attractive in a friend. It tells directly what is annoying or inappropriate. I read this to my entire class, which consists of general education students and children on the autism spectrum (Asberger). I used it early in the year. It opened to door to much discussion and questions. We used it in therapy sessions, as well. I recommend it..

Great book for kids with Autism

2008-01-12
This has been great not only for my child with Autism, but the one without as well. Nice, simple format. Short phrases to go along with the pictures. I highly recommend this one!

How to be a Friend

2007-11-23
This was a great book for my son! He is a first grader who is just learning the "rules" of friendship. He enjoyed the fun charecters and witty text so much that he didn't realize he was learning. Nonetheless, he incorporated the lessons the next day and told me of his success on the playground. He was proud of himself and I am proud of him. I am very glad I got this book. I can also readily use it with the children I treat in the schools and highly recommend it whether your child is "typically developing" or not!

How to Be a Friend

2007-10-25
Great material for preschool and above ages. It has very real situations that I think children and adults can relate to and learn from.

Teach children who's a real friend, and who is not.

2007-10-25
I bought this book for my son, so he could understand that his so call BEST FRIEND in School was really not being a friend, but a phony. He has now understand the difference, and though the other child is trying to convince him that they are BEST FRIENDS, and can grab the book and read it with him and say: Is your so call BEST FRIEND being this way with you? and he answers: NO, MOM. So, I say: then he's not your BEST FRIEND, he's what we call a classmate. It can get tricky, explaining to a child these differences, but the book definately helps. I highly recommended. Very age appropiate.