Books About Friendship for Elementary Kids
Books about Friendship for elementary kids help children understand what it means to be a friend as well as how to recognize a good friend to them.
Friendship is an essential part of childhood, and books about friendship for elementary kids can help young readers navigate the ups and downs of forming and maintaining relationships.
These books explore the joys and challenges of friendship, from making new friends to dealing with conflicts and misunderstandings.
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Whether your child is struggling to fit in at a new school, dealing with a conflict with a friend, or just looking for a fun story about the joys of friendship, these books offer something for everyone.
Through relatable characters and engaging stories, these books teach children important life skills such as empathy, communication, and problem-solving.
By sharing these books with the children in your life, you can help them develop the social and emotional skills they need to build healthy relationships and navigate the complexities of human interaction.
BOOKS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS
The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn’t be friends.
But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide quickly comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other.
As Ida May begins fourth grade, she is determined never to make another best friend–because her last best friend moved away. This is a doable plan at first.
Thanks to bratty, bossy Jenna Drews, who hates Ida, no one in class has ever really noticed her before.
It’s when the sparkly Stacey Merriweather comes to her school that Ida’s plan goes awry. Ida reaches out despite her fear but doesn’t say hello–instead she writes Stacey anonymous notes.
Soon their friendship develops without Ida ever having to reveal her real identity . . . until she has no choice. And that’s when the true friendship begins.
Allie Finkle is excited when a new girl, who comes all the way from Canada, joins her class at Pine Heights Elementary. Now Allie won’t be the new girl anymore!
But her excitement turns to dismay when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts telling everyone in the fourth grade what to do!
Soon Cheyenne has everyone, including Allie’s best friends, Caroline, Sophie, and Erica, believing that if they don’t do what she says, they’ll be what Cheyenne accuses them of being – babies!
It’s the worry you hadn’t even thought to worry about that should worry you the most.
At least that’s how it looks to Clarice Bean, who has been writing her worries in a notebook.
Lauren Child’s trademark wit combines with spot-on insight in this hugely engaging story about childhood worries, unwanted changes, and finding friendships in the most surprising places.
Well-meaning Henry Huggins would do anything to get the bike of his dreams. But every idea he has keeps falling flat. Selling bubble gum on the playground gets him in trouble with his teacher.
There’s the paper route, but Henry’s dog Ribsy nearly ruins that with his nose for mischief.
Even pesky little Ramona Quimby manages to get in the way of Henry’s chance at a bike. But it’s with the help of his best friend Beezus that there may be a way. After all—with a friend by your side, anything is possible.
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech masterfully weaves this tender and intuitive story told in free verse about a young girl beginning to understand the many rhythms of life, and how she fits within them.
Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They’ve known each other for practically forever, sit next to each other in class, help each other with homework, and always stick up for each other.
Justin never says things like, “Amber Brown is not a crayon.” Amber never says, “Justin Time.”
They’re a great team—until disaster strikes. Justin has to move away, and now the best friends are fighting. Will they be able to work it out before it’s too late?
Deja’s birthday is coming up, and she’s been talking about it for weeks. But just before the big day,
Auntie Dee gets called away on a business trip and Deja must stay with an elderly neighbor . . . who cooks turnips for dinner and doesn’t even have a color TV!
Worse, the machinations of spoiled Antonia, Deja’s new nemesis, threaten to ruin Deja’s birthday party plans.
A fun new boy has just moved in next door to Grace’s best friend, Mimi. When Grace has to go away on a family trip during school, she is terrified that when she comes back Mimi will be best friends with Max instead!
After her trip, not only does it seem her fear has come true, but Mimi is even friends with the disgusting Sammy. Now Just Grace has to team up with two other Graces in her third-grade class for a school project, including the Big Meanie.
Ever since their first publication in the 1940’s, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers. There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy’s age.
So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they do—a little girl named Tacy.
And from the moment they meet at Betsy’s fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy becoms such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one person—Betsy-Tacy.