Can and His Flying Friend Pof
Can's favorite friend is Pof, a red balloon with a happy face who talks, though only Can can hear him. Holding Pof's ...
10 pages · 2 min
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Friendship Stories
Total 92 books Page 8 of 8
About this genre
Friendship stories show children what being a good friend looks like: sharing a kite string, taking turns on a swing, helping someone carry a heavy load. With more than 90 books, this is one of the biggest shelves on the site. Most are one-to-three-minute audio stories for toddlers and preschoolers, with longer teamwork adventures for ages 7-12.
Hazel the Curious Squirrel
Hazel the squirrel loves his green forest, so finding a shiny plastic bottle by the flowers and a plastic bag caught ...
10 pages · 2 min
HopHop the Sharing Rabbit
HopHop is tossing his favorite carrot into the air when it rolls under a thorny bush, and the thorns prick his paws w...
10 pages · 2 min
Little Friends of Nature
Aras and Ada run hand in hand through the garden, where Aras hugs a big tree and Ada smells a red flower. Gray clouds...
12 pages · 2 min
Children of the Colorful World
Ela and Can set out on a color hunt that begins with the bright blue sky. They find red apples on a tree, the warm ye...
12 pages · 2 min
Pip Looks for His Mommy
Little chick Pip wakes up and finds that his mommy isn't there, so he sets out to look for her. Along the way he meet...
10 pages · 1 min
The Little Caterpillar's Colorful World
The little caterpillar wakes on a green leaf, munches breakfast, and meets a ladybug, a fuzzy bee, and a blue butterf...
12 pages · 2 min
Little Kitten Cotton's Garden
Little kitten Cotton wakes in his soft basket and says good morning to the world. He chases a rolling red ball of yar...
12 pages · 1 min
Are there friendship stories for toddlers?
Yes, more than half of this shelf is for ages 0-3. Titles like The Little Wheelbarrow on the Gravel Path and The Magic Blue Boot run about two minutes, with simple repeated lines about helping and sharing.
Which story helps a child who struggles to share?
Try The Kites' Song, where Can shares his rainbow kite's string when Ada's kite dips, or The Mystery of the Glowing Stone, where a stone glows brighter each time it is passed on. Both are short and very concrete for ages 4-6.
Do you have friendship stories for older children?
A smaller set, yes. The Happy Heart of the Mountains and The Map of the Mysterious Castle suit ages 7-9, while The Secret of the Lost Map and The Slow Turtle and the Fast Bird suit ages 10-12, with friends combining different strengths.
Is there a story about friends who are different from each other?
In The Happy Heart of the Mountains, Mira from the Alps befriends Lara, who uses a wheelchair. In The Slow Turtle and the Fast Bird, Shelly swims the river while Dash finds a secret path, and neither could reach the Sun Fruit alone.
How can teachers use these stories?
Play one at the start of term or after a playground disagreement, then ask 'What would you have done?' Each book page also has a PDF download if you want a printed copy for a class display.
How is this different from the Emotions and Values page?
Friendship stories focus on what happens between characters: sharing, helping, playing together. Emotions and Values leans on a child's inner world, such as patience, courage and conscience. Some books appear on both pages.
