Friends Are Not for Biting | Ryan Allen
$22.00 CAD
About the Book
Friends Are Not for Biting is a children's picture book that helps young readers understand why biting happens and learn positive alternatives for expressing their feelings. Through the story of Liam, children are encouraged to recognize the thoughts, feelings, and body signals that can appear before a biting incident occurs.
Written by preschool therapist Ryan Allen, this gentle story explores how feelings such as frustration, excitement, tiredness, boredom, and overwhelm can influence behavior. Rather than focusing only on stopping biting, it helps children build emotional awareness, recognize early warning signs, and practice safer ways to communicate their needs.
Learning & Development Opportunities
Through Friends Are Not for Biting, readers may:
- Explore feelings such as frustration, excitement, boredom, tiredness, and overwhelm.
- Learn about common reasons young children may bite.
- Develop awareness of emotional and physical signs that can occur before biting.
- Build emotional vocabulary for expressing needs and feelings.
- Reflect on how actions affect friends, family members, and peers.
- Practice positive alternatives to biting.
- Strengthen self-regulation and impulse-control skills.
- Engage in discussions about friendship, kindness, boundaries, and respectful interactions.
- Develop problem-solving and communication skills.
Specifications
- Title: Friends Are Not for Biting
- Author: Ryan Allen
- Illustrator: Zoe Persico
- Publisher: little bee books
- ISBN: 9781499817447
- Format: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32 pages
- Publication Date: April 15, 2025
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 22.86 x 0.76 x 22.86 cm
- Reading Level: Preschool to Grade 1
- Age Recommendation: Ages 3–6 years
- Audience: Young children, parents, caregivers, educators, therapists, and early childhood professionals
- Series: A Kind and Caring Kids Picture Book Series
- Recognition: Selected for the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Shipping Information
- Books ship via Media Mail when ordered individually.
- If purchased with other products, books may ship using an alternate shipping method so all items can be delivered together.
- Shipping times may vary.
Friends Are Not for Biting | Ryan Allen
$22.00 CAD
Estimated delivery between November 10 and November 12.
About the Book
Friends Are Not for Biting is a children's picture book that helps young readers understand why biting happens and learn positive alternatives for expressing their feelings. Through the story of Liam, children are encouraged to recognize the thoughts, feelings, and body signals that can appear before a biting incident occurs.
Written by preschool therapist Ryan Allen, this gentle story explores how feelings such as frustration, excitement, tiredness, boredom, and overwhelm can influence behavior. Rather than focusing only on stopping biting, it helps children build emotional awareness, recognize early warning signs, and practice safer ways to communicate their needs.
Learning & Development Opportunities
Through Friends Are Not for Biting, readers may:
- Explore feelings such as frustration, excitement, boredom, tiredness, and overwhelm.
- Learn about common reasons young children may bite.
- Develop awareness of emotional and physical signs that can occur before biting.
- Build emotional vocabulary for expressing needs and feelings.
- Reflect on how actions affect friends, family members, and peers.
- Practice positive alternatives to biting.
- Strengthen self-regulation and impulse-control skills.
- Engage in discussions about friendship, kindness, boundaries, and respectful interactions.
- Develop problem-solving and communication skills.
Specifications
- Title: Friends Are Not for Biting
- Author: Ryan Allen
- Illustrator: Zoe Persico
- Publisher: little bee books
- ISBN: 9781499817447
- Format: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32 pages
- Publication Date: April 15, 2025
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 22.86 x 0.76 x 22.86 cm
- Reading Level: Preschool to Grade 1
- Age Recommendation: Ages 3–6 years
- Audience: Young children, parents, caregivers, educators, therapists, and early childhood professionals
- Series: A Kind and Caring Kids Picture Book Series
- Recognition: Selected for the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Shipping Information
- Books ship via Media Mail when ordered individually.
- If purchased with other products, books may ship using an alternate shipping method so all items can be delivered together.
- Shipping times may vary.
