How Humans Make Friends

by Loreen Leedy

Dr. Tripork explains the rules of human friendship to his fellow aliens.

Genres: Picture Books, Friendship, Nonfiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Loreen Leedy is the author and illustrator of over 40 picture books with math, science, language arts, and other curriculum content. Her books showcase information in a kid-friendly format, often with characters and entertaining stories.

Honors and awards for her books include: ALA Notable Book, Science Books and Films finalist, Reading Rainbow feature book, Chicago Library Best of the Best, many Scholastic Book Fair selections, Florida Book Award, Parent's Choice Award, many Junior Library Guild selections, and Outstanding Science Trade Book by the National Science Teachers Association.

Loreen has spoken at hundreds of schools and many conferences such as the International Reading Association, the American Library Association, the Mazza Summer Conference, and the UVU Engaged Reading Forum.

She lives in central Florida with her husband Andy, who is a scientist and a cat named Knickers who has an easily triggered purrometer. They love to travel, read, and watch movies.

Reviews

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written from the prospective of extraterrestrials, this book describes the formation of human friendships. It very clearly outlines how friendships are made, how to be a good friend, and how to resolve conflicts with your friends. It also has humorous descriptions of hobbies.

[Lana Lauritsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to explain the "rules" of friendship to preschoolers!

[KarenMLISt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The humor makes it fun for anyone to read! It's also a non-preachy way to break down the many social steps involved in friendship (especially for Aspie or socially awkward children.) Rather genius in my opinion.

[Terri Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a quick read, and very funny. It is a bit dated as the last page shows ways that friends communicate with one another and texts and social media aren't listed (but e-mail is). Copyright 1996.

[Bottom Shelf Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Stacy Ford · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for discussing friendship, conflict resolution and feelings. Some adults would do well to read it too!

[Cheryl Meibos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun and creative way to teach social skills to kids.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book! I definitely am going to use this at school when we do our yearly "Frends" theme!