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Summary: My daughter loves this book
Review: Shortly after receiving this book, my wife & daughter read it together. At 7 years old and quite shy, she had trouble making friends in 2nd grade.It's been three weeks since we bought the book, and she still insists on reading it a couple times a week. We believe it gives her confidence to go to school the next morning and interact with her classmates. My wife insists that our daughter has a new outlook when it comes to school. She has been more playful, and talks more when she comes home. We hope these results continue!
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Summary: My daughter loves this book
Review: Shortly after receiving this book, my wife & daughter read it together. At 7 years old and quite shy, she had trouble making friends in 2nd grade. It's been three weeks since we bought the book, and she still insists on reading it a couple times a week. We believe it gives her confidence to go to school the next morning and interact with her classmates. My wife insists that our daughter has a new outlook when it comes to school. She has been more playful, and talks more when she comes home. We hope these results continue!
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Summary: Too much fluff, not enough stuff...
Review: This is a book for kids who really are on the verge of making friends. Who, in reality, probably wouldn't have that much trouble making friends with just a LITTLE bit of effort. Unfortunately, my son isn't one of those kids. He is ADHD with learning and speech difficulties. The kids in his class have pretty much decided that he isn't for them. If he was to ask one of them to come over his house, they would probably say no. Why wasn't that covered in the book? This book is far to simplistic for kids who have real problems making friends.
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Summary: Too much fluff, not enough stuff...
Review: This is a book for kids who really are on the verge of making friends. Who, in reality, probably wouldn't have that much trouble making friends with just a LITTLE bit of effort. Unfortunately, my son isn't one of those kids. He is ADHD with learning and speech difficulties. The kids in his class have pretty much decided that he isn't for them. If he was to ask one of them to come over his house, they would probably say no. Why wasn't that covered in the book? This book is far to simplistic for kids who have real problems making friends.
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Summary: Not Helpful
Review: What an amazing book. I'm always impressed when authors who are bona fide experts can relay information without ever being condescending or belittling. I gave this book to a child and was immediately impressed by how much more comfortable he felt in social situations. Remarkable to read and reread.
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Summary: Lots of helpful suggestions
Review: What an amazing book. I'm always impressed when authors who are bona fide experts can relay information without ever being condescending or belittling. I gave this book to a child and was immediately impressed by how much more comfortable he felt in social situations. Remarkable to read and reread.
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Summary: A shallow "How to Win Friends" book inappropriate for kids
Review: With an 8-year old son learning how to make friends,and handle new situations at school, I was searching for a book to help him along. This book had suggestions like "smile" and "give people compliments" and I didn't think it was appropriate at all for the issues an 8-year old faces at school. It was way too shallow and didn't address real issues. I did buy another book at the same time from Amazon that was much better - "Good Friends are Hard to Find" and I thought it addressed very specific issues and gave great advice on how to handle each one.
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