Percy’s Perfect Friend by Lana Button and Peggy Collins is the perfect book for preschoolers and kindergartners to help them make new friends.

Percy is a new kid in a new classroom and is feeling nervous, until he meets Miss Petticomb. Miss Petticomb makes Percy feel safe and not alone. Then she goes missing. When he finds her, he realizes that sometimes play can be fun when more people are involved.

Lana Button is the queen of social emotional stories for our youngest readers. Percy’s Perfect Friend is an amazing book to share with preschoolers and kindergartener’s to help them navigate all the new social situations they will find themselves in. Working in a preschool, the premise of Percy’s Perfect Friend is something we see everyday and it is so wonderful to have a loving story to share with the children to help them with new friendships, turn taking and social play.

I love how Lana Button keeps things short and concise story so that any parent or educator will not hesitate to share with their young readers. The font is also nice and large making it extremely easy to share with a crowd or to share with a crowd of one. 

Peggy Collins illustrations are big and bold adding to the shareability of this story. There is lots to see in her beautiful art. It’s very inviting and loving because you can clearly see all of the faces of the children and understand their emotions during each part of the story. These incredible illustrations lend themselves to discussions about how emotions look and feel. Each time we read a book illustrated by Peggy, it feels like we are getting a warm hug.