Making Friends Is an Art! 2nd Ed. (Building Relationships)

Product Description

When it comes to emotional health, friendships are very important to children
A lack of friends can have a devastating effect on all of us, but especially a child. Children who struggle with making and keeping friends often experience mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. They are also more likely to get into trouble and drop out of school.
This second edition of Making Friends Is an Art! is an inspirational friendship tale that follows a coloring pencil named Brown. Multi-talented Brown is the luckiest pencil in the box! In this story, Brown learns that in order to make and keep friends, he needs to know how to be a good friend.
Brown must find a way to share his many talents with others. At first, that seems hard, but soon Brown realizes that to be a good friend, all he has to do is be himself! And to share all his special talents, like listening to others, being trustworthy, honest, and kind, and to have fun.
Included are tips for parents, counselors, and educators to help kids recognize their talents and be true to themselves.

Review

This is a sweet book about friendship. Each crayon has special qualities but brown can t figure out his. He goes to talk to the other crayons to try to find out how he can be a good friend, It s a nice book about being yourself and friendship. –Stephanie Guerra, Educator

A cute and simple picture book that teaches young readers and listeners that we ALL have something of worth to offer in friendship. This little book also shows the importance of making and keeping friends. It reminds us to be our selves. As a parent I am also appreciative of the tips at the end to help my children develop healthy and lasting friendships. –Lyndie Dison, NetGalley

I read this book with my son before to talk to him about the social skills required to be a good friend. But in this latest revision, the author tightened up the story and made it more about recognizing the talents you already have to be a good friend than portraying the brown pencil as lonely and needing to change himself to be like someone else. Because it uses the familiar tool of a colored pencil, it is easily relatable to a child. I love this story. While teaching about friendship, it also covers feelings and social skills. Julia Cook always writes books my family counts on to reinforce things taught at home – this book is no exception and I’m very happy about the revision. –Stacy McCain, NetGalley

From the Back Cover

When it comes to emotional health, friendships are very important to children
A lack of friends can have a devastating effect on all of us, but especially a child. Children who struggle with making and keeping friends often experience mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. They are also more likely to get into trouble and drop out of school.
This second edition of Making Friends Is an Art!is an inspirational friendship tale that follows a colored pencil named Brown. Multi-talented Brown is the luckiest pencil in the box! In this story, Brown learns that in order to make and keep friends, he needs to know how to be a good friend.
Brown must find a way to share his many talents with others. At first, that seems hard, but soon Brown realizes that to be a good friend, all he has to do is be himself! And to share all his special talents, like listening to others, being trustworthy, honest, and kind, and to have fun.
Included are tips for parents, counselors, and educators to help kids recognize their talents and be true to themselves.

About the Author

Julia Cook, a former school counselor and teacher, has written many books on behavior and health for children. Julia has the innate ability to enter the worldview of a child through storybooks, giving parents and educators the what to say and how to say it to kids. Her ultimate goal is to make a positive difference in the lives of children, parents and educators by teaching lifelong problem-solving skills to kids.