I'll Be There (and Let's Make Friendship Bracelets): A Girl's Guide to Making and Keeping Real-Life Friendships

In a challenging world, making friends as a kid is tough. Luckily, authors Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston are back with a new spin on their successful friendship book for women--this time to help tween and teen girls struggling with those awkward adolescent years gain their courage and confidence by learning to make real and lasting connections with friends.

An honest and humorous take on the connection between self-acceptance and community, I'll Be There (And Let's Make Friendship Bracelets) is a how-to for practicing time-tested skills to establish quality friendships and navigate their ups and downs. For any girl who's ever felt uncomfortable in their own skin or is still healing from "friendship hurt," this book will teach them

• how to find and keep friends who accept and love them for who they are'
• the importance of making friends off screen;
• to stay confident and kind in the thick of mean-girl culture; and
• how to "break up" with comparison and become a cheerleader for their friends.

I'll Be There (And Let's Make Friendship Bracelets) will encourage and reassure girls by showing them the value and importance of healthy friendships. Whether breaking it down page by page independently or in a friend group, they're guaranteed to connect with the book's insightful activities and candid content, including

• thoughtful prompts, infographics, and coloring pages;
• fun quizzes, word searches, real-life challenges, and hidden messages;
• true stories from Amy's and Jess's own childhood experiences; and
• a how-to guide for creating DIY friendship bracelets.

From the supermom team that brought you I'll Be There (But I'll Be Wearing Sweatpants) comes a compulsively readable and highly interactive map for girlhood and friendship with a clear message: life in our crazy and chaotic "plugged-in" world is more fulfilling surrounded by real-life friends.

Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston are cofounders of the viral page all about friendship, Sister, I Am with You. They coauthored the Wall Street Journal bestseller I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants) and have been featured in national news such as Good Morning America to talk about friendship. They are friends first, business partners second, and absolutely adore any time they can spend together in real life (eating queso) and laughing till they ache.

Tequitia Andrews is an artist and illustrator from Richmond, Virginia. She has illustrated books for Cameron Books, Dorling Kindersley, Raspberry Books, HarperCollins, and HarperCollins UK. She enjoys playing with new art supplies, listening to music, watching mysteries, and making family dinners with her husband and five children.

Ashley Dugan is an illustrator based in Fort Worth, Texas, where she lives with her husband and their three daughters. She spends most of her time drawing cute things and reading books.