Five-Minute Friendship Starters: A Sesame Street ® Guide to Making a Friend

by Marie-Therese Miller

Overview

Making a new friend is easy with help from Sesame Street! Filled with suggestions for conversation starters, easy games, and ways to demonstrate caring, this delightful book helps young readers learn fun ways to approach, get to know, and have fun with a new friend—in just five minutes!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728448473
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.13(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Marie-Therese Miller writes nonfiction books for children and teens. Her most recent books include Handling Depression, Crayola Our Colorful Earth: Celebrating the Natural World, It's All Art: From Drawing to Dress-Up with Sesame Street, and A Dog's Best Friend: A Sesame Street Guide to Caring for Your Dog. Miller earned her PhD in English from St. John's University, where her academic focus was James Thurber and humor. She teaches Children's and YA Literature at Marist College. Miller and her husband, John, have five children and a grandson.

Editorial Reviews

"[G]ently guides children toward best practices for making friends. . . . An indispensable addition to a collection serving young children."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2021-12-27
Friends can be found everywhere: at school, at the playground, and in your neighborhood.

Sesame Street characters and a diverse cast of children provide readers with suggestions for how to make friends. The conversation starter “Hi! My name is___. What is yours?” is a perfect way to begin speaking to someone you do not already know; Rosita, a bilingual Muppet, provides the Spanish translation of this simple formula. Next, you should ask questions like “What games do you like to play?” or “What colors do you like?” Ideas for first activities with a new friend are proffered: going on a treasure hunt; swinging at the playground; making funny faces; and practicing tongue twisters. You can get together virtually if you cannot meet in person. It is also important to demonstrate kindness (“I love the pictures that you draw,” etc.), teach each other new skills, and share. The cheerful visuals consist of stock photos of kids and images of Muppet characters who appear against bright, color-striped backgrounds. “Buddy Bonus” sidelights and speech bubbles round off the presentation. Despite these attractions, the text is a bit long for the target audience and seems contrived and forced. Children will most enjoy getting to see their beloved friends from the long-running television show.

A promising premise that falls flat. (glossary, further reading, index) (Nonfiction picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews