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The Beacon Street Girls Books Help Preteen Girls Prepare for School With Friendship Lessons; Researchers Say Americans Unable to Find Friends; Parents Worry About Impact on Kids

Posted on: Thursday, 6 July 2006, 12:00 CDT

While America celebrates the beginning of summer, the Beacon Street Girls are gearing up for making new friends during the 2006-2007 school year. The five plucky 12-year-olds provide preteen girls with a great example of what it is like to be a friend and have a friend in their award-winning book series.

A recent survey from Duke University has gained national attention by documenting that Americans report having fewer and fewer friends. The survey reports a one-third drop in the number of people with whom the average American can discuss important matters. Kids today face a more competitive world where electronic communication replaces face-to-face interactions, adding a new degree of difficulty in fostering childhood friendships.

"Kids need a roadmap for how to get and keep good friends; as adults we aren't doing as good a job as we should with our own relationships," said Addie Swartz, founder and CEO of B*tween Productions, home of the Beacon Street Girls. "The Beacon Street Girls books demonstrate what it means to be a good friend and how important friendship is. Each book provides dozens of examples, modeling friendship and the different situations kids have to handle."

The Beacon Street Girls books (http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com/books/) offer a multi-cultural and richly-detailed perspective on the often difficult preteen or "tween" years. BSG stories feature friendship, fun and socially responsible values in a contemporary setting. The first book in the Beacon Street Girls series, Worst Enemies/Best Friends, is particularly focused on being the new kid at school and the process of making news friends.

About B*tween Productions

B*tween Productions - home of the Beacon Street Girls - is dedicated to quality parent-approved literature, media and gifts for "tween" girls. Shaped by experts in adolescent development and current research on how to positively impact girls' self-esteem, the award-winning Beacon Street Girls book series is committed to the health and well-being of pre-teen girls.

BSG books and products are available at Barnes & Nobles, Borders, WaldenBooks, and online as well as at independent book and gift stores nationwide. Visit the BSG online at http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com

Editorial Note: Contact company for friendship tips from "The BSG New Girl/New School Survival Guide."

Source: Business Wire

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