SuitabookMaggi and Milo make new friends
Juli Brenning
- Reading
- Read together and pause at the point where Maggi has to decide whether to go into the playground. Invite the child to predict what joining in might involve, then revisit that prediction after the group activities.
- Themes
- Joining in and making friends: Maggi is hesitant about a visit with other children, then chooses to join them. Shared activities precede her making a group of new friends. The plot presents shared play as the setting in which Maggi meets new friends, while retaining her bond with Milo; it does not require that one friendship replace another.
- Worth knowing
- Maggi initially wants to stay behind, and the playground's no-dogs rule separates her from Milo during the visit. Consider whether that separation might feel upsetting to a child who is especially attached to a pet.