Meesha isn’t great at making friends, so she uses her art skills to make them by hand instead. But when a boy named Josh helps Meesha find the courage to share her handmade friends with other kids, Meesha finds herself with a bunch of real friends.
Meesha Makes Friends
Discuss the Book
Making Friends Is Hard
Pages 1–9
- Important Moment: Meesha is great at making art, but what she really wants is to make a friend.
- Ask and Share: What’s easy for Meesha? What’s hard for her? What about you? What’s easy for you to do? What’s hard?
Meesha “Makes” Friends
Pages 10–17
- Important Moment: Meesha builds friends out of cereal boxes, glue, and other art supplies. These friends can’t play tennis, soccer, or catch, but she feels comfortable with them.
- Ask and Share: How does Meesha build friends? What’s good about these friends and what’s not so good? Do you have any friends that aren’t people? Who are they? How did you become friends?
Josh Is Curious
Pages 18–25
- Important Moment: At a party, a boy named Josh asks Meesha to show him how to build a friend. Meesha worries that he might do it wrong.
- Ask and Share: What does Josh want Meesha to show him? How does Meesha feel about this? Have you ever shown someone how to do something? How did you feel before? How did you feel after?
Meesha’s (Real) Friends
Pages 26–32
- Important Moment: Josh helps Meesha find the confidence to show her handmade friends to the other kids, and she ends up making real friends.
- Ask and Share: How does Josh help Meesha? Have you ever been nervous to show others something that’s important to you? What made you nervous? What made you brave enough to share?