Playing Possum
Playing Possum Meeting strangers makes shy possum Alfred anxious, and he plays dead. A witty friendship tale inspired by animal behavior.In this winsome tale, Alfred, who plays dead, and Sophia, who…
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Playing Possum
Meeting strangers makes shy possum Alfred anxious, and he plays dead. A witty friendship tale inspired by animal behavior.In this winsome tale, Alfred, who plays dead, and Sophia, who rolls up in a ball, stand in for shy or anxious humans whose discomfort keeps them from fitting in. So he has trouble making friends--until Sophia the armadillo reveals that when she gets anxious, she rolls up in a ball.
Alfred and Sofia open up to each other and go on to help other creatures who have social difficulties by practicing patience, forgiveness, and friendship--tools for overcoming the barriers that keep us from connecting with others. Jennifer Black Reinhardt has cast animals with defense mechanisms as characters to tell an imaginative, endearing story about learning to make friends by mastering fear and shyness. An author's note lists real animals and their