Customer Reviews

Anna Banana And Me (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

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I adore this book. With wonderfully subtle grace, the author teaches about friendship and, more importantly, the personality differences of friends -without judgement. The free spirited child is admired but the shy, timid child also prevails. An exceptional choice for a "second child" who may be overshadowed by the "perfect" sibling.

This magical little book teaches about the courage waiting within a shy little boy. It is a lovely story of an unlikely friendship. It is my son's favorite book and I credit it for helping him do many a brave thing.

If there is an Anna Banana in your life, then this is the book for you.

I think this is a wonderful story. It seems like Anna Banana is the boy's imaginary friend. She is brave and adventurous like he would like to be and she disappears. Note how the book never states that Anna goes anywhere or comes from anywhere. She just is there and then she's gone. This boy imagines a brave friend and uses her as a model to become brave himself.

I expected more imagination. Anna doesn't do anything extraordinary. She doesn't seem like a good friend either. She expects the boy to follow her, and then she's always saying "Bye!." Anna doesn't TEACH her friend to be brave; she leaves him and he finds his own courage.

I bought this book because I thought my older daughter could read it to my younger daughter, Anna, whom we call Anna Banana. The story is a little strange and the pictures aren't very "kid friendly". There is a part in the book about a monster with big hands that's chasing the little boy and I think it was the cause of a nightmare that night!