Three Friends

Vanessa teaches Kim and Carlos how to make friends using the skills of introducing yourself, sharing, being yourself, having things in common, helping each other, and talking things out. When Vanessa later makes new friends, she learns that people are judged by the friends they keep, good friends forgive each other, friends don’t need to hide their true feelings or agree all the time, and friends stick up for each other. Additional topics include racial discrimination and friendship triangles. Features attractive graphics to color and questions to discuss. (Grades 3-4)