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This book fell a little short for me. It was okay, but definitely not a favorite. I did like the pictures but the story just wasn't overwhelming.

I enjoyed the illustrations but I felt the message was lost behind the pouty character. I felt it could have been handled a little less "Caillou" and more positive. Kids can be so jealous and whiny but I felt that is where this left. Not much positivity in the message and more focus on the negative actions.

This is a nicely illustrated story that is designed to address an issue that children may often feel and to offer some ways to deal with it. In this book, Sir Tim goes to the park with his best friend, only to feel left out when she plays with another child. Sir Tim keeps trying to get her attention, hoping that she will admire him. He continues in his exploits until he finally takes a fall from a tree. At this point, Sara comes over, acknowledges how Tim feels and offers that she and Tim can play with other children together.

This book will work best if children are encouraged to talk about their feelings and the story. For example, how did Tim feel? What did he do? Did he have other choices? Do you think that it was a good idea to climb the tree? Tim did not walk over to his friend; do you think that might have been a good idea?

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Thanks Net Galley for the opportunity to read this cute book with my daughters for our honest review. Both my 4 year old and 7 year old daughters enjoyed this book. The illustrations were cute and age appropriate. The story was relatable for both ages and taught a good lesson about friendship and jealousy. The oldest gave this book 4 stars and I agree!

A quick read that I think most kids can relate to. Who hasn't gotten jealous over friendships at some point? This would be a good book to have in classrooms for younger kids. Also, the illustrations were adorable!

Sir tim has a best friend, but what happens when his best friend starts playing with someone else!? A story of jealousy when you are a child and don't really know what jealousy even is. This helps children understand that hurt in their tummy when they feel they are being left behind.
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This was a very cute book! It did an excellent job of explaining the feeling of jealousy. It made it very easy for a young child to understand. I highly recommend this book especially if you have a child who gets jealous!

I really like the illustrations in this book and I think the premise is good, I understand what the author was going for, I just don't think it was executed all that well. I think the resolution at the end should have been different because I'm really not sure what lesson little Tim has learned from this experience. I think it should have ended with Tim accepting the original offer and ending with all 3 children playing together. I also didn't really get the 'Sir' part, unless I'm missing something, I didn't really like that he was called that. With a couple of changes, this could make a very nice story.

I was unimpressed by this selection.

Sir Tim as a knight with his dog as his "dragon" is cute, but that's probably the thing I like most about this book.

Sir Tim and his friend Sara go to the park. She plays with a friend, Max, and the majority of the book is a very didactic attempt at showing that Tim is jealous and attempting to win her attention back. As a book to read specifically to teach a child you don't need to be jealous in this type of situation, I guess it's fine. However, many other books achieve similar goals while also providing an interesting narrative. To top it off, as another reviewer pointed out, at the beginning Sara says "let's play" with Max, so she wasn't even excluding Tim in the first place.

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LittleTim thought Sara was his friend alone, so when he saw her playing with Max he was annoyed and thought she didn’t like him anymore. I think Tim needs to know how to make more friends. He should have gone along when she told him “let’s go play with Max” instead of standing apart and feeling hurt. An interesting tale about jealousy.

I liked the artwork in this book. I thought it would resonate with children. The storyline didn't catch my daughter's attention, however. The idea of jealousy is a great topic to discuss with kids, it just did not keep her interested.

From my perspective, it was a adequate story, it just didn't have anything powerful to make me say wow, what a great book. It was good though.

Sir Tim and his friend Sara go to the park to play. Once there, they see Max, another friend. Soon, Sara is playing with Max and Sir Tim isn't happy about it. He does several things to get her attention, but she doesn't seem to care.

Meh. This is a book I could take or leave. It is very predictable, even for a kid's book. I don't think there is much of a lesson learned either. The illustrations were nice, though!

Sir Tim will help explain jealousy to littles. It can be upsetting when a friend suddenly wants to play with another friend. Kids can feel confused and left out. This book is sweet and I love the illustrations! Cute and easy read.

Sir Tim is a Little Jealous
by Judith Koppens
Pub Date 05 Nov 2019
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a cute book for little kids about jealousy. I read this book to my 4 year old daughter , 2 year old granddaughter and my 1 year old granddaughter. The oldest two liked it however they did not ask me to re read it again and again The way they do most books. The illustrations are cute and the kids loved looking at all the pictures throughout the book. I loved the ending in this book !
Thank you NetGalley and The publisher for the chance to read this ARC to my girls in exchange for an honest review.

An awkward look at a lad (bizarrely called Sir Tim, for some reason) who goes to the park for jollies with a girl, only for her to naff off and spend all her time swinging, seesawing and being provocatively tickled by someone else instead. She gets to put Tim's mind at rest at the end, but if you think that makes it alright, then I beg to differ. And I really worried when he got an idea from his dog licking his face – like I say, awkward.

The book illustrations are cute and certainly add to the book.. I think the message about jealousy is written in a way kids would easily grasp and understand. It's a feeling everyone experiences and the fact that Sarah tells Tim he'll always be her friend, but that sometimes she plays with other kids, and that's ok is important.

The premise of this book is decent, but the way the topic is ultimately handled didn't impress me.

When Sir Tim goes to the park with his friend Sara, he ends up jealous and engages in attention-seeking behaviours that escalate to the point of peril. The moral of the story seems to be to put your life in danger to get your friends to pay attention to you (at least, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the takeaway for some readers).

Yes, Sir Tim is jealous. But that's his own fault. At the very beginning, when they arrive at the playground, Sara actually says: "There's Max. Let's go and play with him!" Now, to me, that sounds like an invitation. Sara's not leaving Sir Tim out of anything. She didn't say: "There's Max. I'm going to go play with him!" But you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise, the way Sir Tim interprets it. His stomach starts to feel funny and he begins to try to draw Sara's attention away from Max. She doesn't seem to notice his attempts (although she does wave at him at one point, so she's not intentionally snubbing him). Eventually, Sir Tim decides to climb a tree. When the branch breaks and he falls, Sara comes running over and asks if he's hurt. He confesses that he thinks she doesn't like him anymore, and she tells him that he's silly (he is) and that just because she plays with other kids sometimes doesn't mean they're not still best friends. Then she tells him that the next time they come to the playground, they can all play together (which seems unnecessary, because she basically invited him to play with her and Max at the beginning).

All of this seems to add up to a little kid who feels like he should be able to own his friends. The fact that Sir Tim is a boy and Sara is a girl makes it even worse. If Sir Tim doesn't get a handle on this little problem, it's going to turn into a great big one later on. I can just see him turning out to be one of those guys who throws a tantrum if his girlfriend so much as looks at another guy.

The knight bit is cute (Sir Tim always wears his helmet and his dog's name is Dragon), but that's not enough to save this one for me. Sir Tim didn't learn enough of a lesson about jealousy. And since that's what this book is all about, it kind of fails.

This is a great book for little children to discuss jealousy. Tim and his best friend go to the park and she plays with other kids. Tim gets jealous and tries to win her attention. My four year old daughter loved it. The illustrations are great, too. Highly recommended.

At first i did wonder where this story was heading, but turned out with a good ending. Lovely illustrations. Another book that i know my 4 yr old grandson would enjoy sharing with his mother.

My thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for my copy. This is my honest review, which i have voluntarily given.