Friends (Revised): Making Them & Keeping Them (American Girl(r) Wellbeing)

This has been a wonderful aid to help discuss making friends with my reserved 8 year old daughter. She has genuinely loved reading it and brings it over to discuss with me. We sit down and revisit chapters she has read and it has brought us together as well. It's been weight off my shoulders having real practical tips to helping my lovely girl mix more and break through those self-conscious barriers. It delightfully and gently approaches friendship issues in a non-patronising way. A REAL help. I wish we had discovered it earlier - I would think it would be useful for mature 6year olds right through to children revisiting it in the first year of secondary school. While it is more geared to girls, my 6 year old son enjoys reading it with us too and discussing some of the issues it raises.

Bought for my daughter starting secondary school after the summer. She is on the autistic spectrum and anxieties are running higher than usual the closer August is coming and she finds it super hard and tricky socially to make and keep friends who she understands. Still 'working' through the book as reading is on her terms!!

My daughter was having trouble with low level bullying at school and this helped her realise that she didn't need one certain friend but lots of different ones that can offer different things to her. She even lent it to another friend who also was having trouble with girls at school.

We have booked a couple of these books, my daughter loves them, they gave some helpful tips through friendship issues and questions

Brilliant book. My daughter really enjoyed reading this good and has given her lots of ideas about making friends. She has also stuck some of the pages on her walls.

Love this book and LOVE American Girl for producing such great books to uplift and encourage our girls as they grow up!

my daughter is 8 and going through a few things at school,shes a big reader,it gives you good tips etc x

brilliant book