Customer Reviews

Tobin Learns to Make Friends

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Just got this book today and my 7 year old loves it. I disagree with the baby-preschool age rating that Amazon gave it. I think it is probably over the head of most baby-preschool kids and highly needed for the 6-8 year range of kids with ADD/ADHD or on the autism spectrum. Wonderful book that touches on many of the finer points of being friends. Thank you, Diane Murell! Just what we needed!

My son was struggling with making and keeping friends and this book was a big help. I suggest it to anyone with children.

My son was having trouble making and keeping friends and this book was very helpful. I recommend it to anyone with kids. The pictures make it fun.

This book is an excellent introduction to all the different ways we make and keep friends, as well as following rules, being kind, being polite, etc. My son is on the spectrum and it has already helped him learn a few new social skills which we were not able to teach by ourselves. Seeing the lessons in this book helped him so much. It also helps that the main character is a train - he loves trains. I would buy this book first, before investing in any other books that teach social skills.

I am a teacher of children with Autism and use this book in order to help my students' classmates to understand that everyone makes mistakes when they are learing how to make friends. We discuss the mistakes Tobin makes and how the other engines forgive his mistakes because they know he is trying very hard to be a friend. I also read the book to my students section by section as we learn the rules for making friends. This book is wonderful for many populations and can be used in so many ways. Other books by this author are just as wonderful.

I bought this book originally at a Future Horizons and love it so much that I'm donating this one to my sons school. It's a great book for those children that have an awkward time making friends. I highly recommend this book.

Diane, I gave Tobin to my student over summer vacation. I spent time with him recently and his comments to me were, "Let's go to the Tobin library and get some more books". Please Diane give us some more Tobin books!!!

My son with Autism and my son who is on target love this book, it is a great book to help get my sons to discuss proper behavior to make a friend

Tobin is a train and kids love trains. This little train teaches young children and those with social problems how to make friends. I recommend this book for classes of special education children or those with Asperger syndrome. It's really appropriate for any young child who is beginning to realize the world is a social place and skills are needed to become a member of a group where each person has a role and follows rules.

I am a pre-school teacher. I took this book out at the library because we were studying trains. I had no idea how much it was going to help some of my students. This book helps all kids.