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Picture books tagged with: friends

Squirrel’s Busy Day

Squirrel's Busy DayBy sending out the message that friendship should be valued and that you should always find time to be with your friends.

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along, Tidiness & Helping Out
Tags: co-operation, friends

Freddy Meets Bones: The Pirate Who Was Allergic to Fish

Freddy Meets Bones: The Pirate Who Was Allergic to FishThis is a gentle and informative picture book for young children about severe food allergy and anaphylaxis.

Categories: Allergies
Tags: eating, friends, injections, medicine, needles

Smudge’s Grumpy Day

Smudge's Grumpy DayMay help a child deal with a bad mood understanding that running away does not help and how important home is.

Categories: Sadness
Tags: behaviour, emotions, friends, grumpiness

Mr Big

Mr Big

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Being Different & Being Yourself, Confidence & Self-esteem
Tags: confidence, friends, loneliness

Sleepover (First Time)

Sleepover (First Time)A good choice of book to set a child's expectations of what happens at a sleepover. The simple conversational text and lively illustrations may encourage them to talk about the experience and ask questions.

Categories: Fear of The Dark, Owning a Pet
Tags: behaviour, friends, independence

The Very Helpful Hedgehog

The Very Helpful HedgehogPromotes friendly behaviour and willingness to help out

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along, Kindness
Tags: co-operation, friends

Back to School Tortoise

Back to School TortoiseIt shows how even though we all worry about situations, they usually turn out to be a lot more fun than we first thought.

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Anxiety, Courage, Resilience / adaptability, Starting School
Tags: anxiety, confidence, friends, school

Going to Nursery

Going to NurseryAllaying fears about starting playgroup or nursery and being absent from a parent.

Categories: Playgroup / Nursery
Tags: friends, growing up, nursery, separation anxiety

Blue Chameleon

Blue Chameleon

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Being Different & Being Yourself
Tags: friends

Say Hello

Say HelloFor all children who are lonely, shy and feel isolated

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along, Kindness, Sadness, Shyness
Tags: confidence, friends, loneliness, sharing, shyness

A Secret Worth Sharing

A Secret Worth SharingSharing friends

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along
Tags: friends, sharing

But Martin

But MartinDifference/Friendship/Fitting In

Categories: Anxiety, Being Different & Being Yourself
Tags: anxiety, diversity, friends, school

My Friend With Autism

My Friend With Autism

Categories: Being Different & Being Yourself, Disabilities
Tags: autism, diversity, friends

Playing in the Park (Why Manners Matter)

Playing in the Park (Why Manners Matter)This book covers the important aspects of playing with others in the park. It provides good examples of the little things that can make life much more agreeable for everyone and that make no-one feel excluded. It is written in language that children can easily understand.

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Friendship & Getting Along, Manners & Politeness, Safety and Protection
Tags: behaviour, co-operation, friends, sharing

Where The Poppies Now Grow

Where The Poppies Now GrowThis beautifully illustrated book written in simple rhyme is a sensitive introduction to the First World War for young children.

Categories: Courage, Gratitude
Tags: friends, gratitude

Please and Thank You: A Pirate Pete and Princess Polly book

Please and Thank You: A Pirate Pete and Princess Polly bookThis appealingly illustrated book should encourage children to think of others and remember their manners.

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along, Gratitude, Listening & Co-operating, Manners & Politeness
Tags: behaviour, co-operation, friends, rudeness, sharing, table manners

Dennis Duckling

Dennis DucklingFostering/Adoption

Categories: Adoption & Fostering, Anxiety, Sadness
Tags: anxiety, fears, foster, friends, separation anxiety

Happy Hector

Happy HectorHelping children deal with sibling rivalry and sharing parental affections.

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along, Sadness
Tags: co-operation, friends, sharing, sibling rivalry

Something Else

Something Else

Categories: Being Different & Being Yourself
Tags: diversity, friends, loneliness

Boo to the Who in the Dark

Boo to the Who in the DarkShowing that when faced, fears aren't as bad as they seem.

Categories: Fear of The Dark
Tags: anxiety, fears, friends

Freddy Meets Isobel: The Mouse Who Was Allergic to Milk

Freddy Meets Isobel: The Mouse Who Was Allergic to MilkThis picture book for young children contains information about food allergies.

Categories: Allergies
Tags: food allergies, friends, injections, medicine, needles

The Tunnel

The TunnelSiblings frequently struggle to get along. This book will help brothers and sisters recognise the love that underlies their sometimes fraught relationship.

Categories: Anxiety, Courage, Friendship & Getting Along
Tags: anxiety, brother, co-operation, friends, sister

Walter and the No-Need-to-Worry Suit

Walter and the No-Need-to-Worry SuitAlthough childhood is supposed to be a carefree time of no responsibilities in fact many children do worry about anything from friendships to sports day.

Categories: Anxiety, Confidence & Self-esteem, Resilience / adaptability
Tags: anxiety, exercise, friends

Limelight Larry

Limelight Larry

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along
Tags: co-operation, friends, sharing

The Gotcha Smile

The Gotcha SmileAcknowledging anxieties that some children may feel about making new friends and starting school. Provides positive suggestions for overcoming shyness.

Categories: Confidence & Self-esteem, Resilience / adaptability, Shyness, Starting School
Tags: confidence, friends, school, shyness

Sidney Goes to School

Sidney Goes to SchoolChildren at school who may feel they aren't very good at anything or feel 'outshone' by another child in their class and resort to bad behaviour to be noticed

Categories: Being Different & Being Yourself, Friendship & Getting Along
Tags: confidence, friends

The Deaf Musician

The Deaf Musician

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Disabilities, Resilience / adaptability
Tags: deafness, friends

Lucy and the Bully

Lucy and the BullyReassuring young children that it's good to let an adult know if they are being bullied or teased. Gently suggests that bullies may have insecurities or issues themselves, and sometimes tolerance and understanding can alleviate the problem.

Categories: Bullying, Violence & Abuse, Playgroup / Nursery
Tags: anger, friends, nursery

Ribbit Rabbit

Ribbit RabbitThis book follows two friends whilst they play, fight and then learn to share and help each other out so that they can have more fun together as friends

Categories: Friendship & Getting Along
Tags: co-operation, friends, sharing

The Gordon Star

The Gordon Star

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Being Different & Being Yourself, Kindness
Tags: behaviour, friends

Mole’s Sunrise

Mole's Sunrise

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Disabilities, Kindness
Tags: blindness, friends

Topsy and Tim: Make a New Friend

Topsy and Tim: Make a New FriendEducates young children on common aspects of physical disability and encourages tolerance and acceptance.

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Being Different & Being Yourself, Disabilities
Tags: friends, wheelchair

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