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Friendship
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Books For Kids (Girls)

Frendz Pakz - Future Cards with questions about the future. Good conversation starters for two girls or for a group of girls with a leader. There is also one on friendship, but we are unable to find a place to purchase that set.
Friends: Making Them & Keeping Them (American Girl)by Patti Kelley Criswell. Good tips for girls about approaching new friends, fighting fair, different kinds of friends etc.
The Quiz Book 3: Three Times the Fun (American Girl Library) by Brette Sember Good for kids to get to know each other better by asking the questions in the book.
A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles

Books For Adults

We're Friends, Right?: Inside Kids' Culture by William Corsaro. The author enters children's culture as an anthropologist. He analyzes kids' discussions and examines how adults misinterpret children. A must read for anyone who is ever around the grade school set.
Teaching Social Skills to Youth, Second Edition and Jeff Tierney. A book for adults to use with kids. It is for kids who act out of step with other kids, to help them change their behavior. It is a workbook so it is very useful. Example: how to respond to criticism. Ages 10 to 18.

Links

Winning Losing and Cheating by Child and Parent Health. Everything adults need to know about correcting this problem.

Videos

PROMISE OF PLAY, Part 3: The Heart of the Matter See the section on Rooftop School in San Francisco where they have a "play coach" in schools for kids who are having difficulty playing.