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Why do we need friends? How can we make friends? And what makes a good friend? This charmingly illustrated book explores the benefits of having friends, looking at different types of friendships, and what happens when friends fall out and make up. Includes helpful notes for grown-ups on talking to children about friendships, dealing with conflicts and imaginary friends.
Chapters in this book include:
- What are friends?
- Why do we need friends?
- What makes good friends?
- Who can be friends?
- Making friends
- Friends together
- Friendship groups
- How NOT to be friends
- When friends fall out
- Friends and feelings
- Playing fair
- Ways to fix things
- Changing and growing
- Friends puzzle
- Notes for grown-ups
Felicity Brooks
Felicity has worked for Usborne for over 30 years and has written and edited hundreds of titles, from books on tractors to genetics, from Shakespeare to mental health, and plenty of sparkly unicorns. Felicity is an expert in making tricky topics friendly and accessible to young children and recently has been writing books that celebrate feelings, friendship, empathy, families, and diversity. When she's not writing or researching very specific details on dinosaurs, Felicity can be found tramping through fields and forests foraging for food or just curled up with a bag of Twiglets, a couple of cats and a crossword.
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