About This Book
Reach for this book when your child is navigating a 'difficult' friendship or struggling to handle a peer who is demanding, moody, or ungrateful. While the premise involves a magical living doll, the core of the story is a very grounded exploration of the patience and boundaries required to maintain a relationship with someone who has a prickly personality. It is a fantastic tool for normalizing the frustration that comes when someone you care about doesn't behave the way you expect them to. Caitlin is thrilled to find a beautiful doll named Holiday, but her joy quickly turns to exasperation when Holiday reveals herself to be vain, manipulative, and often quite rude. Over the course of this short chapter book, Caitlin must decide how much of Holiday's behavior she is willing to tolerate. It is an ideal read for elementary students (ages 7 to 10) who are beginning to experience more complex social dynamics and need to see that it is okay to feel both affection and annoyance toward a friend.
