Four-year-old Christopher,
has just learned to use the telephone. He uses it to call Molly in an
effort to persuade her to play with him. When her new friend leaves,
she decides to play with Christopher.
"Kurtz and Trivas catch the essence of children's spats and casual
rejections without making the situations uncomfortable or cruel." School Library Journal
"A temporary rift in a friendship between two children is explored when
Christopher is repeatedly rebuffed by next-door neighbor Molly, who is
having fun with a visiting friend. ...soft, contemporary drawings." -- Horn Book
Classroom Connections
- Read other books about "friends" expecially the George and Martha series by James Marshall; Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel; and Steven Kellogg's Best Friends (Dial, 1986).
- Discuss how it feels when someone doesn't pay any
attention to you and leaves you out of play activities. Make a list of
how you could include other people even when you have a new person to
play with.
