Making friends isn't easy, and there are often some setbacks and roadblocks along the way.
Too Many Frogs!
Sandy Asher, illustrated by Keith Graves
ISBN: 0399239782
Quirky characters here, in a story about imposing on other people, and getting permission.
Rabbit has a lovely neat orderly life all alone. He has his routines, and no mess and no fuss. Until Frog stops by one evening and sort of invites himself in to listen to Rabbit's goodnight story. Night after night, Frog keeps making himself more comfortable, to Rabbit's growing (but unspoken) chagrin. The final straw comes when Frog shows up with his whole extended family, and Rabbit finally speaks up. The ending of the story is not as solid as it could have been, with some unfortunate choices and implications, but the message of clearly asking permission and not taking advantage is still present.
You Will Be My Friend!
Peter Brown
ISBN: 9780316070300
Lucy the bear sets out into the forest to MAKE some critter into her friend.
Lucy is enthusiastic about her new mission: to make a friend. Enthusiasm isn't everything, and Lucy runs into some pretty extreme setbacks. She even gets a little bossy and snappy at one point, before collapsing in exhausted defeat. Still, friendships can come looking for you, even when you can't make one happen on demand.
Don't Copy Me!
Jonathan Allen
ISBN: 9781907967207
Little Puffin does NOT like this game.
Little Puffin is taking advantage of the lovely weather to go for a walk, but he's being followed and copied by the little Gull siblings, and he is not a fan of this game. Nothing he can think of to do makes them stop copying him; "How annoying!" Still, he keeps trying, and eventually hits on a strategy that works out. This one is also very useful for kids having troubles with much younger siblings or siblings of playmates.
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