Will You Be My Friend?: A Let's Talk picture book to help young children understand friendship

by Molly Potter, Sarah Jennings (Illustrator)

Overview

What makes us a good friend? And what might make us a not-so-good friend?
What can friends do together? And how do we make friends?

Best-selling author Molly Potter presents practical advice on helping children understand how to be a true friend and what helps and what hinders friendships. Will You Be My Friend? is ideal for starting conversations about making friends and includes a guide for parents and carers about supporting a child if they are having friendship difficulties.

With fun and lively illustrations from Sarah Jennings, this book is both humorous and charming, and prompts children to discuss the idea of friendship with parents and peers.

Let's Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472959904
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/03/2018
Series:	Let's Talk
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Molly Potter taught for 11 years in middle schools as a class teacher, science and PSHE co-ordinator. She then worked for several years as an SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) Development Manager, delivering teacher training and supporting primary schools in the development of their SRE programme and policy and many other aspects of PSHE. Molly now works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children that have been or are at risk from being excluded from mainstream schools - putting much of her PSHE expertise into practice.

Sarah Jennings has been illustrating children's books since graduating in 2013. At a young age she discovered a love of drawing and has been scribbling and sketching ever since. Sarah enjoys combining traditional and digital techniques to create her illustrations and particularly loves designing characters. She currently lives in London and works from her home studio in the company of her very cheeky three-legged cat.
Molly Potter has spent many years teaching in both mainstream schools and a pupil referral unit for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, helping them to trust adults, develop self-esteem and learn to self-regulate. Molly has also been a county advisor for all things PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) with a special focus on RSE (relationships and sex education) where she developed her keen interest in how best to help children navigate life's tricky elements. Her own two children (and guinea pigs) roll their eyes at her openness when it comes to delivering the honest facts!

Along with writing books, Molly currently writes teaching resources for different organisations, delivers training to teachers and practitioners, and gives one-to-one support to children, focused mainly on developing emotional literacy. Molly is the author of the best-selling picture book How Are You Feeling Today? as well as a whole range of fantastic books for supporting PSHE.

Follow Molly on Twitter @PotterMolly, on Facebook facebook.com/Mollypotterbooks and discover more resources at www.mollypotter.com
Sarah Jennings is a children's book illustrator based in South London. She discovered a love of drawing at a young age and has been scribbling ever since. Her clients include Bloomsbury, Simon&Schuster, HarperCollins and Walker Books. Sarah works from her home studio in the company of her three-legged cat, Calvin.