How to Be a Friend : A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them
- Book Review,
by Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown (Illustrator)
From Publishers Weekly
"Spotlighting some unavoidable trouble spots, the Browns impart valuable tactics for coping with rejection, shyness, arguments, etc.," said PW. Ages 4-8. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-Similar in style to the Browns' Dinosaurs Divorce (Atlantic Monthly, 1986), this picture book offers kids practical suggestions about resolving arguments, getting over being shy, handling bossy children and bullies, and more. The easy-to-read text contains many examples of how to be a friend, each paired with a picture of two or more dinosaurs in that particular situation. For example, "You can protect a friend if someone starts bothering him" is illustrated with a dinosaur saying, "Stop it! Leave him alone!" to a bully. Marc Brown's colorful, whimsical cartoons are integral to the appeal of the book. The front endpapers feature suggestions from a third-grade class on "Ways to Be a Friend" ("Be helpful," "Take turns," etc.) along with drawings of happy dinosaur faces, while at the back, "Ways Not to Be a Friend" ("Make mean faces," "Call them a name they don't like," etc.) are illustrated with grumpy faces. While there are many wonderful stories that deal with friendship, few give direct advice to children about what to do and what not to do. Sure to be a hit without hitting readers over the head with message.Esther C. Ball, Carver Elementary School, Newport News, VACopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 5^-8. From the authors of Dinosaurs Die and What's the Big Secret?, here's a very practical resource about the ins and outs of friendship. Ink drawings washed with bright colors provide lively scenes of dressed, humanoid dinosaurs (or, perhaps, people with green skin and tails) learning the ins and outs of friendship. Topics include feeling shy, approaching others in a friendly way, dealing with bossy kids and bullies, talking through arguments, and making up after a quarrel. While the authors are presenting their sound advice, the cartoon-like characters are talking too, through speech balloons that make the same points in more accessible ways and express the characters' feelings clearly. Parents and primary-grade teachers looking for materials on friendship will find this a good complement to the many picture books about friends. Carolyn Phelan
Book Description
Written and illustrated by the creators of the popular Dino Life Guides for Families, this book uses precise language and humorous illustrations to offer specific ways to be a friend and specific ways not to be one. A special section on how to deal with bosses and bullies has valuable information for young children going forth in the world and encountering these situations for the first time.
Card catalog description
Dinosaur characters illustrate the value of friends, how to make friends, and how to be and not to be a good friend.
About the Author
Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown live with their daughter in Hingham, Massachusetts and on Martha's Vineyard.
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