How It Feels & How It Works · Book 4 · Ages 6–10
Why Does Being Left Out Hurt So Much? A Friendly Guide to Connection and Belonging
Connector Leo Curio helps kids understand the invisible skills behind friendship: empathy, kindness, boundaries, fixing a fight and making room for others. Memorable analogies, gentle science and a Connection Mission in every chapter.
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- Formats
- Paperback · Kindle · Hardcover
- Ages
- 6–10
- Print length
- 110 pages
- Published
- December 16, 2025
- Series
- How It Feels & How It Works · Book 4
Your Child Has Friends. Friendship Still Takes Skills.
Children feel friendship deeply, but the skills behind it are rarely taught: how to read what someone else is feeling, how to say no kindly, how to repair a fight, how to notice who is sitting alone.
A World of Friends gives 6- to 10-year-olds words for these invisible skills and simple ways to practise them.
Pictures for the Invisible Skills
The Iceberg shows the hidden reasons behind people’s feelings. The Invisible Bucket explains why kindness fills your own heart too. The Shoe Shop shows that fair means getting what you need, not getting the same. The Bridge Builder lays out three steps to an apology that heals, and the Empty Chair explains why being left out hurts so much.
Every chapter ends with a Connection Mission: map your web of connections with yarn, do a secret kind act and notice how you feel, practise saying no kindly, or look for someone sitting alone.
What Your Child Takes Away
A World of Friends helps children understand relationships and gives families a shared language for empathy, kindness and boundaries.
Empathy, Explained
Children learn to look for the reasons behind someone’s feelings.
Boundaries With Kindness
How to protect your own space and still be a good friend.
Repairing a Fight
Three steps to a real apology that actually helps.
Belonging for Everyone
Noticing the empty chair, celebrating different strengths and saying hello in a new language.
From the author
Why I Wrote A World of Friends
I’m Ujjwal Ganesh, father of two daughters. Watching them navigate friendships, fights and making up, I wanted a book that explains the skills behind connection in a way children can use straight away.
It’s Book 4 of How It Feels & How It Works, a four-book series guided by Leo Curio: the mind, the planet, technology and friendship.
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