Preschool friendships can be hard to navigate sometimes but this new book, We Are (Not) Friends from Anna Kang, illustrated by Christopher Weyant, tackles the issue of friendship. As kids grow and enter school or even just become more social at the park there are inevitable friendship challenges that they face. Adding new friends to established friendships can be even harder! Thankfully our fuzzy friends are here to help! Check out our We Are (Not) Friends book review below!
PS… There is a giveaway below!
We Are (Not) Friends Book Review
We Are (Not) Friends by Anna Kang is the fourth book in the You Are (Not) Small book series. We love these books! You can find our review of the other books That’s (Not) Mine and I Am (Not) Scared if you want to learn more about this great series. These books are such a hit with my preschoolers. We were so excited to get this new book because we know it’s always a fun adventure with these fuzzy creatures!
We Are (Not) Friends by Anna KangTwo fuzzy friends are having a fun playdate when a new pal hops in. As the day continues, each friend feels left out at times. It isn’t so easy to figure out how to act when everything seems to change. With humor and heart, the beloved characters from Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner You Are (Not) Small navigate a friendship triangle as only they can.
In this new story, our two fuzzy best friends are having a great time when a new friend appears and joins in their activities. But how do you add a new friend when you already have a best friend? This always seems to be such a reoccurring problem among preschool-aged children, especially in group care settings like at preschool or in daycare. And groups of three are the hardest! Our fuzzy friends are here to help us tackle these tricky issues!
My daughter struggles with this issue a lot. She and her best friend are very close, they have been since they were infants, but her BFF is very social and always invites other kids at the playground to play with them. This can be tough for them to navigate. How do you add a new friend to your established friendship? How do you make sure no one is left out?
We Are (Not) Friends portrays this issue of including new friends while maintaining old friendships in a way that preschoolers (and older kids too!) can easily understand and relate to. They can view the situation from an outside perspective but still identify with these fuzzy friends as they navigate this situation.
We love the illustrations in these books! They are so colorful and the creatures are adorable. The expressions and feelings are so well done that preschoolers can easily identify how the fuzzy friends are feeling through the images. The text is short and easy to read but perfectly sums up how preschoolers are feeling.
We like to break this book out on days when we are having a particularly hard time with friendship groups. It’s a great way to talk about including others and the importance of both new and old friends.
I highly recommend that you add this story, and the other ones in this whimsical series, to your home library!
Buy it now –> We Are (Not) Friends
Giveaway!
It’s giveaway time! Enter below for a chance to win a copy of We Are (Not) Friends courtesy of the publisher, Two Lions! Open to US residents 18 years and older.
I received a complimentary copy of this book to review. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. See full disclosure policy here.
I would also love to read Will You Help Me Fall Asleep? My kids would love this book for sure.
I would like to read That’s (Not) Mine. It looks like a cute book that my grandchildren would enjoy.
I think my granddaughters will like the You Are Not Small book series.
“Will you Help Me Fall Asleep” does look like another terrific book for children.
Will You Help Me Fall Asleep?
I’d like Eraser & Can I Tell You a Secret.
Will you Help Me fall Asleep? Thank you
I would also like the Will you Help Me Fall Asleep one!