You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) Audiobook By Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam cover art

You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)

A Lil TJ Book (56th NAACP Image Award Winner for Children’s Literature)

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You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)

By: Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam
Narrated by: Taraji Henson
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56th NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work – Children (2025)

#1 New York Times Bestseller!

From award-winning actress and mental-health advocate Taraji P. Henson, You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) shows kids the great things that can happen when we approach others and ourselves with empathy, patience, and love.

In this debut picture book from Taraji P. Henson, quirky, stylish and a bit off-the-cuff Lil TJ is ready for her first day of school. But when she gets there, TJ finds that everything she does is a little different than everyone else and she’s standing out in all the wrong ways. Once TJ’s classmate Beau notices, he relentlessly teases her. TJ is filled with anxiety and doubt until she recalls some important words of wisdom from her Grandma Patsy. When she looks inside to her own creativity and personality, she figures out how to help herself make new friends! —and helps someone else too!

You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) is the perfect read for:

  • Easing back-to-school jitters and setting a course for the new school year
  • Helping children ages 4-8 to overcome anxieties and embrace what makes them unique
  • Classroom and library story time, as well as bedtime reading
  • Promoting mental wellness and learning socialization skills, embracing the importance of standing in their own uniqueness, and promoting friendship over bullying.

Includes author’s note with references for parents and teachers.

Taraji P. Henson is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe winning actress, writer, and producer. She started the Boris Lawrence Henson foundation in 2018, which promotes mental health awareness and provides resources and services aimed at tackling the mental health crisis.

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children guide to friendship

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You Can Be A Good Friend (No Matter What) teaches all of us that no matter the situation and no matter how another person treats us we can make new friends by showing people exactly how we want to be treated. "You get more flies with honey, so be honey!" Great advice Grandma Patsy.

M.T. Becker
Educator and Author of Zinger In The Woods

Overcoming Bullying

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