Alexandra and Jenny were best friends and constant companions, until the day that Rolinda Sparks showed up at school, and Alexandra decided that she was the "coolest kid" she'd ever seen. Determined to make this new girl her friend, Alexandra began to change things about herself, from her shoes to her hair, cut to look more like Rolinda's. But when she tells one of Jenny's biggest secrets, in order to look more cool herself, she finds that she has hurt one of the most important people in her life, and endangered a friendship that matters far more than coolness. Can Alexandra set things right...?

I've enjoyed Peggy Moss's two other "biblio-therapy" picture-books - Say Something addresses the issue of bullying, from the perspective of a bystander, while One of Us tells the tale of a new girl who doesn't really fit into any one group at school - so I was eager to read this story about issues of friendship and popularity, and what happens when the two come into conflict. In fact, I convinced my public library to purchase a copy of this book, since they already owned the other two! I'm glad I did, as I really appreciated the message in Our Friendship Rules, and also greatly enjoyed the lovely collage artwork of Alissa Imre Geis. I don't know that I found this the equal of Moss's other books - I realize that these books have a didactic purpose, but the tone here felt a little too "lectury" for my taste - but it is still worth picking up, particularly for children who are confronting these issues. ( )

This book is about friendship between two girls and new girl who wants to join their friendship. This book would be a great book to teach children how to be friends with everyone and not leave other children out.

This book discusses the importance of friendship and even gives some "rules" to have agood friendship which could be valuable to children of all ages. The illustrations are in colored pencil and has many collages of artwork.