Customer Reviews

Just My Friend & Me

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

We bought this book (and most of the Little Critter books) to help us discuss what's going on in our child's life. When problems arose with what it means to be a good friend, we were making little to no headway until we read this book together. Somehow it's easier to understand when it's a favorite book character having the problem and not you.

This put a smile on my face --- and I'm over 30!!! The illustrations are colorful and funny and the story line and writing are very good.

Just My Friend And Me was a great book. It told you how you would play with your friend when he/she came over. It showed how to help your friend when he/she gets hurt. In someways once you have a friend come over you can't wait for them to leave so you can be a lone and do stuff you want to do and not have someone else want to do something different. Well, I hope this gives you a good idea of what this book is about. I hope all of the little children will enjoy this book. I know I did.

I really don't get the positive reviews of this book. My son and I love all the little critter books EXCEPT this one. IT makes making friends and and having a friend sound so awful. It doesn't seem like they get along at all, and then at the end of the day he's just happy for his friend to be gone! I would cringe trying to read this book and after a couple of times gave up completely. My son must have sensed my frustrations, he doesn't ask for it.

The book is a perfect depiction of the roller coaster reality that can happen when a friend comes over for a visit. He is so excited and can hardly wait for him to arrive. Then when his friend plays too hard with HIS toys or beats him at a game, the friend starts to wear out his welcome. Good lessons in sharing and being a graceful loser. Overall a great story!

They're short, they're funny, they're topical, and they're cheap.

This book details a typical visit with a friend, and the havoc two children can wreak.

Little Critter puts it that he always has fun with his friend, but by the end of the day he's glad to be alone, a true sentiment if I ever heard one.

One thing to note is how the illustrations and the text don't always add up, a good introduction to the concept of an unreliable narrator :)

The book is two thumbs up by me for my littel sisters and cousins. I think this book is a very good book for children 1-5. I would recomend this book to any one

I was having trouble with the message in this book. Little Critter invited a friend over to play because he didn't want to play alone. Everything he and his friend (who is nameless) do results in competition and disappointment. The book ends with Little Critter saying that while he and his friend have fun (something not well documented here), sometimes it's nice to be alone.

My grandchildren love these Little Critter books. There's just something about the naughtiness and then tenderness of the Critter that children understand. They love so deeply. but find themselves in places of curiosity and unexpected "trouble," and don't always know how to get out of the situations. Eventually, a caring adult helps them. Thus, teaching the Little Critter and our beloved children lessons love and life skills.

Highly recommended for children from 2 to 6

Ordered the book for my grandson's and they really have enjoyed it. The pictures are so colorful and just a sweet story.