Five-Minute Friendship Starters

A Sesame Street ® Guide to Making a Friend

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 2
  • Reading Level: Kindergarten

Making a new friend is easy with help from Sesame Street! Filled with suggestions for conversation starters, easy games, and ways to demonstrate caring, this delightful book helps young readers learn fun ways to approach, get to know, and have fun with a new friend—in just five minutes!

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 2
Reading Level Kindergarten
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2022
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Sesame Street ®
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2022-02-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF053060, JNF053090, JNF053050
Dewey 302.34083
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Lexile 510
Guided Reading Level L
Features Activities, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Introductory note, Reviewed, and Table of contents

Author: Marie-Therese Miller

Marie-Therese Miller writes nonfiction books for children and teens. Her most recent books include Handling Depression, Crayola Our Colorful Earth: Celebrating the Natural World, It’s All Art: From Drawing to Dress-Up with Sesame Street, and A Dog’s Best Friend: A Sesame Street Guide to Caring for Your Dog. Miller earned her PhD in English from St. John’s University, where her academic focus was James Thurber and humor. She teaches Children’s and YA Literature at Marist College. Miller and her husband, John, have five children and a grandson.

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Reviews

School Library Journal

“[G]ently guides children toward best practices for making friends. . . . An indispensable addition to a collection serving young children.”—School Library Journal