A review by elles_shelves
How Selfish by Olivier Tallec, Clare Helen Welsh

5.0

How Selfish by Clare Helen Welsh and Oliver Tallec is a sweet tell about sharing and friendship. It tells the story of Duck and Dot who discover a stick while they are playing together. They are both creative, so Dot sees the stick as a sword, but Duck sees the stick as a flag. The two friends proceed to bicker and end up not playing together anymore. They both decide playing alone is boring and not as much fun, so they end up breaking the stick in two so that they can both play together and have fun. This story obviously talks about friendship and sharing, but it also shows the main characters problem solving their issue and coming up with a resolution that is a bit more complex than merely taking turns. This is the perfect time or a parent or a teacher to talk about what it means to be a friend and how friends sometimes need to compromise when playing together. I am a special education teacher and I can see this being particularly useful for helping teach social skills.