Lissy's Friends

Title: Lissy's Friends
Author: Grace Lin
Illustrator: Grace Lin
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Theme: Making Friends
Primary and Secondary Characters: Lissy/ Mommy and Paige
Date of Publication: 2007
Publishing Company: Viking
Summary: Lissy is new to her school and has no friends. Lissy is really shy so she makes friends out of origami. One day Lissy took her origami friends to the park and while they were playing on the merry-go-round all her friends got blown away. As Lissy was sitting there upset a girl walked with one of Lissy's origami friends and asked her if she could show her how to make it. Lissy finally made a friend and her name was Paige.
Summary of how to  use with students: This book could be used at the begining of the year when students are making new friends. The book can show students that it is hard to make friends that they can do it. It can also show students that if they see a new student all alone go up and ask him or her if he or she would like to play.