How to Cheer Up a Friend by Stephanie Calmenson - ISBN: 9781665910248
Hardcover
Cheer up a friend: a hug, a listen, and simple kindness.

How to Cheer Up a Friend

$28.17

  • Hardcover

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    15 January 2025

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Summary

What do you do when your friend feels blue? This gentle and encouraging rhyming picture book tells a story of all the things you can do to help cheer them up.

If your friend is feeling down, do you tickle his trunk to get him out of his funk? Give him a treat—or two or ten? See if he feels better then?

A child and his best elephant buddy navigate the many ways to support a pal who’s feeling sad. They learn that the best ways to help are simple: being there for your friend, lis…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781665910248
ISBN-10:1665910240
Author:Stephanie Calmenson, Shannon McNeill
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Beach Lane Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:15 January 2025
Weight:406g
Dimensions:267mm x 216mm x 10mm
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Critics Review

Supporting social-emotional learning, this candidly reassuring book can be effectively used with young children in classrooms, libraries, and at home to encourage discussions about friendship, sadness, and sensitivity. Digs a little below the surface of most child-animal friendship books to explore deeper emotions. – Kirkus Reviews * 8/15/24 *

About The Author

Stephanie Calmenson

Stephanie Calmenson is the acclaimed author of many popular books for young readers including How to Cheer Up a Friend, Dinner at the Panda Palace, May I Pet Your Dog?, and the Ready, Set, Dogs! and Allie and Amy series written with Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole. A former early childhood teacher and children’s book editor, Stephanie feels fortunate to be able to teach, entertain, and encourage kids through her books.

Shannon McNeill is a Canadian-born, San Diego-based illustrator whose books include Are We There Yet? by Dandi Daley Mackall, Wild & Wooly by Mary Jessie Parker, How to Cheer Up a Friend and How to Say You’re Sorry by Stephanie Calmenson, and her own Wheels, No Wheels. Her work is influenced by local nature, loitering in coffee shops, old books, child art, and long walks around the block.

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