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Frank and Bert (Frank and Bert, 1)

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious new picture book from author of The Suitcase, Chris Naylor-Ballesteros!. A hilarious new picture book from author of The Suitcase, Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - with neon ink throughout!. Frank and Bert are the best of friends and they LOVE playing hide-and-seek. But Bert the bear...
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Small Things Mended

Casey W. Robinson - Rocky Pond Books
Format: Hardcover

The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day for Amos McGee and Last Stop on Market Street.. Kindly Cecil has a broken heart, but when the kids in his neighborhood start asking him to fix their valuables - a music box, a watch, a stuffed...
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Pockets for Two: A Collection of Girlhood

Lindsay Ward - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

A triumphant celebration of girlhood, friendship, and the best part of any outfit - POCKETS - in this sweet picture book perfect for fans of Mary Wears What She Wants and Princesses Wear Pants! A sweet friendship begins between two young girls on the first day of school. Throughout the year,...
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A Friend Like You

Frank Murphy - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover

There's nothing in the world like a wonderful friend. Friends are there to laugh with you and ready with a hug when you need one. There are forever friends and brand new friends. Friends for adventures and friends for cozy days indoors. Friends who are just like you and friends who are nothing...
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Original Cat, Copy Cat

Sarah Kurpiel - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

Pineapple loves being an only cat - and then Kiwi comes along. But despite the chaos and the annoyances, Pineapple soon realizes that a new kitten - a new friend - makes everything twice as fun. Original Cat, Copy Cat is a celebration of friendship and acceptance. It will be adored by fans...
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Lost and Found

Oliver Jeffers - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special!What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South...
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Erin Stead - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

The Best Sick Day Ever and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races...
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Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away

Meg Medina - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Medalist Meg Medina comes the bittersweet story of two girls who will always be each other's numero uno, even though one is moving away.A big truck with its mouth wide open is parked at the curb, ready to gobble up Evelyn's mirror with the stickers around the edge . . . and the sofa...
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My Best Friend

Julie Fogliano - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Julie Fogliano and Caldecott Honor winner Jillian Tamaki come together to tell a delightful story of first friendship.she is my best friend i think i never had a best friend so i'm not sure but i think she is a really good best friend because...
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Grumpy Monkey

Suzanne Lang - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The hilarious New York Times bestselling picture book about dealing with unexplained feelings...and the danger in suppressing them!Jim the chimpanzee is in a terrible mood for no good reason. His friends can't understand it--how can he be in a bad mood when it's SUCH a beautiful...
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Bear Feels Sick (The Bear Books)

Karma Wilson - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover

When Bear isnt feeling well, his loyal and trustworthy friends stop by to help him to "get well soon" in this Classic Board Book.. Sweet Bear isnt feeling well at all. He is achy, sneezy, wheezy, and just plain sick! Hes in no shape to go outside to play. So Mole, Hare, Mouse,...
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We Are Not Friends

Anna Kang - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Two fuzzy friends are having a fun playdate when a new pal hops in. As the day continues, each friend feels left out at times. It isn't so easy to figure out how to act when everything seems to change. With humor and heart, the beloved characters from Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner You...
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This Is the Nest That Robin Built

Denise Fleming - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

A robin's animal friends help build her nest in this cumulative collage picture book from Caldecott Honor recipient Denise Fleming.Robin is building a nest, and her friends are ready to help! The squirrel trims the twigs. The dog brings the string. The horse shares his straw. And then a surprise...
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A Visitor for Bear

Bonny Becker - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely friendshipBear is quite sure he doesnt like visitors He even has a sign So when a mouse taps on his door one day Bear tells him to leave But when Bear goes to the cupboard to get a bowl...
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Hattie & Hudson

CHRIS VAN DUSEN - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A little girl and her colossal friend teach a monster-size lesson about prejudging others in a charming new offering from Chris Van Dusen.Hattie McFadden is a born explorer. Every morning she grabs her life jacket and paddles out in her canoe to discover something new on the lake, singing...
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Sophie's Squash Go to School

Pat Zietlow Miller - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

This charming sequel to the beloved Sophie's Squash is the perfect antidote to the back-to-school jitters. Sophie goes to school for the first time and has no interest in making friends that aren't squash. Here's a gently humorous read-aloud that proves that making friends, just...
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A Friend for Henry

Jenn Bailey - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

In Classroom Six, second left down the hall, Henry has been on the lookout for a friend. A friend who shares. A friend who listens. Maybe even a friend who likes things to stay the same and all in order, as Henry does. But on a day full of too close and too loud, when nothing seems to go right,...
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Best Friends in the Universe

Stephanie Watson - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover

Louie and Hector are the best friends in the universe. Get ready to laugh out loud as the two boys fall in and out and eventually back into their best friendship ever through a series of funny secrets that neither one was supposed to reveal. Each episode is told in a journal format in four...
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Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

Christine Baldacchino - Groundwood
Format: Print book

Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves wearing the tangerine dress in his classroom's dress-up center. The children in Morris's class don't understand. Dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the spaceship some...
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How To Two

David Soman - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

From the co-creator of the New York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series comes a joyful counting book about inclusivity, play, and the thrill of making new friends--from one to ten and back again.A quiet day at the playground turns into a boisterous park-wide adventure as one boy on the slide...
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Are You a Cheeseburger?

Monica Arnaldo - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Laugh-out-loud humor and a tender friendship blossom in author-illustrator Monica Arnaldo's charming picture book about a lonely raccoon and a glowing seed, and the world's most important question: Can this seed grow cheeseburgers? Grub is a lonely racoon. Rumbling in the trash....
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