Those of us who are parents or primary grade teachers know how tenuous peer relationships can be when young children are learning the ins and outs of friendship and how painful mistakes can be. Kids can gain so much from picture books featuring protagonists in similar situations. That's why Jane O'Connor's Fancy Nancy Besties For Eternity is so purrrfect for this demographic.
Nancy is gleefully anticipating a holiday weekend with her bestie only to learn that Bree is going to her grandma's until Monday. When her father takes her and her sister to the playground she feels forlorn (That's sad and lonely but fancier.")
...until she's accosted by a girl who has just moved there and doesn't yet know anyone. Lily is perfect friendship material. She's fearless. She's already lost her two front teeth. And she's from glamorous Paris, France. Nancy has lunch at Lily's house. The next day the girls go to the movies. The next day they go to the nature center and to Nancy's house.
When Bree drops by, eager to talk about her weekend, Nancy brushes her off with "Um, I'm kind of busy now. Tell me about it later."
But Bree doesn't want to come over later.
Learning how to come back from friendship rifts is a crucial life skill for young children. Fancy Nancy can be a good ally in this learning process.
On a purrrsonal note, I had a scare last night. My Smartphone told me it had been compromised. To buy protection I should hand over my credit card info. Of course I didn't. Sketchy AF!!! But my phone was messed up. I couldn't find my text app and my 8 years of pictures were being held hostage. I was especially afraid of losing those. Fortunately when Eugene and I went to USCellular the techie there was able to clear up everything in like one minute. My phone is back to normal. My pictures are safe. And I am happy. And while we were in Bangor I got Eugene to take me to get my flu and COVID vaccinations. BTW if you haven't yet it would be a good idea. Tis the season.
A great big shout out goes out to the wonderful techie who rescued my phone and Eugene who drove me around Bangor without complaining after his night shift plowing the yucky white stuff.
Jules Hathaway
Sent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
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