How to Grow a Friend

This cheerful, graphic summery board book teaches a mindful approach to making friends

This lovely metaphor teaches valuable lessons in how to treat others and make friendships blossom Making a friend takes patience, care, and room to bloom -- just like a flower. This board book edition is a perfect primer in mindfulness; it teaches patience and awareness of others in a way that will benefit a child meeting and interacting with someone new. Soon your little gardener will have their very own green thumb in this most important of life skills.

Sara Gillingham's inviting, bold graphics are sure to captivate both children and their parents

SARA GILLINGHAM is an award-winning art director and designer. In addition to developing her own books and gifts, Sara's studio provides art direction and design services for the children's publishing and gift industries. Sara has worked with some of the most distinguished illustrators in the field and has designed and art-directed hundreds of books and gift products, many for Chronicle Books in San Francisco, where she was the design director for children's publishing until 2007. Sara also teaches at UC Berkeley Extension and California College of the Arts in San Francisco.