Bye-Bye, Old Buddy

by Deborah Robison

Jenny decides that it's time to give up her beloved security blanket, but she doesn't know what to do with it--until she thinks of a very special send-off. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899191851
• ISBN13: 9780899191850
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Terrific for any child trying to give up a babyish item

Deborah Robison's "Bye-Bye, Old Buddy" examines the difficulties in growing up--specifically, the difficulties in giving up something perceived as babyish, like an old blanket. Jenny, our heroine, is quite attached to her baby blanket. She extolls the virtues of its colors, its softness, its size. Still, she knows that she's too old for it and she wants to figure out a way to get rid of it that doesn't involve actually throwing it out. Her solution proves to be elegant!The cartoonish pictures don't have quite the punch of the text, but all in all, this is an excellent book for any child who needs a solution to the age-old problem of moving beyond the accoutrements of babyhood.