Friendships Make Us Stronger Written by Sun Yung Shin Illustrated by Yao JianAbout the author: 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea, grew up in the Chicago area, and currently lives in Minneapolis. She is a children’s book writer, poet, educator, craniosacral therapist, and the editor of three anthologies of essays focused on race, culture, immigration, and community. Learn more about her books and work at sunyungshin.com. About the illustrator: 简遥 Yao Jian is an illustrator and artist born in China. Currently, she resides in Minneapolis and lives a creative life. Her work includes picture books, editorial illustrations, advertising, and more. Yao cares about emotions and wishes to bring smile, comfort, and healing to her audience. Email: yaojian.dd@gmail.com Website: yaojian.art Coordination & Editing: Rupa Thadhani for the Korean Service Center in Minneapolis, MN. Permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication. Please contact Bright Minds, Healthy Kids: Korean Service Center, e-mail: brightnhealthy@kscmn.org With much gratitude to MN Department of Education for its support as funder of this project through the Early Childhood Governor’s Educational Relief Fund GEER2. © MN Department of Education 2021Friendships are wonderful. We can be silly.We can learn together.We can compete and be “good sports” whether we win or lose.We can even be sad together.We might not always agree on everything, and that’s ok. We can take turns on who gets to decide.No matter how hard we try, we might hurt each other’s feelings sometimes. It’s best to be honest about how we feel. We can apologize and do better next time. Next >