How to Make a Friend

Some Assembly Required

Advance Reader Copy

Genres

Humor, Friendship, Children, Debut, and Picture Books

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

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100

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Aug 25, 2026

Page Length

42 pages

Available Formats

PDF

How to Make a Friend

Some Assembly Required

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

From building a bot to making a friend, Elsa learns the real tools she needs.

When Elsa moves to a new home and needs a new friend, she tinkers and tapes, pastes and paints to create the best friend ever. With her copycat cat by her side and a curious bird nearby, she creates a wonderful robot. Elsa tries to play her favorite games, hide and seek and baseball, but this Bot friend can’t throw the ball back, is horrible at hiding, terrible at seeking, and absolutely awful at eating strawberry ice cream. The worst problem is he never smiles, no matter how hard Elsa and her cat try to make him laugh. How will Elsa make a real friend?

Details

Genres

Humor, Friendship, Children, Debut, and Picture Books

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

100

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Aug 25, 2026

Page Length

42 pages

Available Formats

PDF

Author

Francy Judge is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books from picture books to young adult novels. After graduating from F.I.T. in Manhattan for Illustration, she worked as a freelance illustrator, homeschooled her five kids, and discovered her passion for children’s books. Francy loves stories with quirky characters who inspire kindness. In her free time, Francy enjoys biking and reading on the boardwalk near her home on the south shore of Long Island, New York, and spending time with her husband and five grown children.