This is a lovely story which can be used to help to explore children’s emotions and how to make friends. It is important to ensure that you do read and discuss it as it would be wrong to allow children to think that a tantrum is the best way to make friends. Instead it provides an opportunity to discuss why children may get upset and not cope and how to be a good friends when this happens.

Arthur wants a friend but he’s not sure how to make one. However, all the ways he tries makes his fellow students mad at him. Will Arthur find a friend? This is a good book to help children first going into school learn how to make friends.

This is a sweet book about needing friendship, as well as making and keeping a friend. The lovely illustrations and rhyming text will appeal to young children. Thanks to Lion Hudson Plc for the ARC.

I really enjoyed reading the book for it has a clear background, which helps to emphasize the letters and the illustrations.

The story is interesting. I believe kids won't have difficulty to understand the issue. Even more, there's high chance they can be relatable. They may name some kids that acted like Arthur. Or maybe they can see themselves as Arthur.

Either way, it would be great to have kids read this story. It would let them learn the proper way to make a new friend. It would also taught them to not easily judge someone. However, it might be more suitable for kids that already enter a school.

Absolutely gorgeous. My son who is on the autism spectrum has just started school. This title has been very timely in our house. A beautiful resource.

Looking for a friend is a good topic for this book. However, I am not impressed with the presentation.

Arthur wants a friend, he tries his best and worst. He is sad to be unsuccessful each time. That's when Lily shows up, who accepts him as a friend, the way he is.
A nice, short and sweet book, full of pretty illustrations. And a good message!

Very cute book for the age range. The rhyming was very good and the illustrations complimented the text.

An enjoyable children's story. It was fun to read.

This is one of the most beautiful and meaningful kids book out there, exploring the meaning of friendship and how little Arthur tries through all sorts of ingenious way to make a friend. Eventually Lily comes along and together they discover games and how to play together, forgiving and comforting each other. I loved the illustrations done in such a candid and lovely way. This little book is for sure a must have, I'll buy the paper copy for my son right away.
Thanks to Netgalley and Lion Children's Books for this free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Arthur tries to trap other children and force them to be his friend. At last he makes friends

I received this ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.
This is a cute, quick read title, about a child who wants to make friends. He thinks of many ways that he can "catch" a friend. A great first book on friendship.

It had nice illustrations, but lacked something special. It didn’t stand out amongst all of the picture books on friendship.

A nice simple text for small children to negotiate making friends. The illustrations are really charming.

I absolutely enjoyed reading this. The rhyming and the story is a reminder of Dr. Seuss and I loved how silly it is to try and catch a friend.

The title "I Want a Friend' by Anne Boothe and Amy Proud immediately made me think of the Little Princess stories by Tony Ross, so I was unsure what to expect from this book. Unlike the Little Princess stories, the main character in this story wasn't stubborn at all, he just wanted to make a friend.

The book was very inclusive and showed diversity through illustrations of people with additional needs and from different cultures. It was refreshing to see because it is yet to still feel like the norm in literature. Each of the illustrations had a lot happening in them but weren't overwhelmingly busy. I appreciate that because as a child I know I loved looking at the pictures in depth, allowing my imagination to expand outside of the story.

I like that the book isn't long because It gives more scope to the audience and will keep toddlers interested as well as kindergarten aged children who may be having trouble making friends of their own.

Cute story, cute illustrations. Nice toddler/preschooler book about finding and making friends.

My four year old quite liked the illustrations in this book, but he wasn't very impressed by the story. He rather liked the idea of catching a friend, but getting a friend just because you give up the hunt and sit there crying didn't appeal to him. And I have to confess, that the alternative to catching a friend didn't appeal to me too.

A fun book on how to make friends.

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This is a wonderful, cute story to use with young children heading off to school (pre-school, kindergarten) for the first time. Arthur wants to make a friend, but he doesn't know how to do it. He tries various things without success (catching one by grabbing, trapping, chasing etc.). When he gives up and sits quietly crying, he is approached by Lily who offers to be his friend. They play together, share, make believe, have problems but work things out. I love the illustrations; they're so cute. I also like the concept of making friends. The ending is great. A new character arrives and wants a friend so the listener is asked to help her based on what was learned in the story. The story is told in rhyme, with some pages being better than others. A fun book to share with kids and talk about how to be a good friend. A book that would do well in pre-school and kindergarten classrooms as well as family libraries.