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Like Best Friends
Boy meets girl in this story of reluctant friendship that introduces young readers to the concept of similes
Summer drags, like a book that starts out good, then isn’t. The boy is bored, like a frog waiting for a fly to buzz by. So the boy hops on his bike and heads for the playground, where he finds a girl on a swing who beckons him to join her. At first, the boy is reluctant, but soon they are having fun like best friends, like characters in a book with a happy ending.
Summer drags, like a book that starts out good, then isn’t. The boy is bored, like a frog waiting for a fly to buzz by. So the boy hops on his bike and heads for the playground, where he finds a girl on a swing who beckons him to join her. At first, the boy is reluctant, but soon they are having fun like best friends, like characters in a book with a happy ending.
- GenresPicture BooksFriendship
32 pages, Hardcover
Published March 31, 2020
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July 26, 2020
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LIKE BEST FRIENDS is a great picture book to teach about similes. The plot is fairly simple. A boy is bored when he heads to the park. There, he finds a girl twirling on the swings, and he joins her. They have fun playing on the swings. Each statement includes a simile which is also shown in illustrations with color against the rest of the black-and-white scenes.
What I loved: The book does a great job of teaching about similes and could be a useful tool in the classroom to talk about similes with plenty of examples. The focus is definitely on these rather than a storyline, and the illustrations help to support each statement. The drawings are also really lovely with targeted use of color and a dreamlike quality.
What left me wanting more: The plot of the book is pretty thin and some of the similes seem a little forced, but this does do a great job of giving lots of examples, so this also has some positives.
Final verdict: LIKE BEST FRIENDS is a great tool for teaching similes with lovely illustrations and a very simple plot.
Please note that I received a review copy. All opinions are my own.
LIKE BEST FRIENDS is a great picture book to teach about similes. The plot is fairly simple. A boy is bored when he heads to the park. There, he finds a girl twirling on the swings, and he joins her. They have fun playing on the swings. Each statement includes a simile which is also shown in illustrations with color against the rest of the black-and-white scenes.
What I loved: The book does a great job of teaching about similes and could be a useful tool in the classroom to talk about similes with plenty of examples. The focus is definitely on these rather than a storyline, and the illustrations help to support each statement. The drawings are also really lovely with targeted use of color and a dreamlike quality.
What left me wanting more: The plot of the book is pretty thin and some of the similes seem a little forced, but this does do a great job of giving lots of examples, so this also has some positives.
Final verdict: LIKE BEST FRIENDS is a great tool for teaching similes with lovely illustrations and a very simple plot.
Please note that I received a review copy. All opinions are my own.
August 26, 2020
A great book for teaching metaphors and similes as every single line is followed by some kind of simile. A boy is bored and meets a girl twirling in the swing at the park. They goof around on the swings imagining and become friends. Cute--the characters feel like they're in upper elementary school, and I didn't learn similes in school curriculum until jr high, so maybe this one's best for 4th-6th grade even though it's a picture book format?
March 14, 2020
A good introduction to similies in this story of reluctant friendship.
April 7, 2020
What a great way to introduce simile! I love it
November 6, 2020
Very specific book to teach similies. Great for the classroom not necessarily for storytimes.
December 5, 2020
A darling story about two kids who are alone and come upon each other at a playground. They warily evaluate one another and end up having fun while surrounded by similes and smiles.
Grades 2-4
Grades 2-4
May 2, 2021
“Summer dragged/ like a book that started out good, then wasn’t.” Uh huh. Insipid similes are as lackluster as the gray-tone gouache.
October 12, 2025
The entire book was told with similes, which I didn't really like. seemed like a plot geared toward middle schoolers. The illustrations were very pleasant.
December 29, 2020
Sweet text and even sweeter illustrations.
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