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F riends make life more fun! This November, the Book Corner is celebrating friendship, from making new friends and finding your people to navigating disagreements and being a good friend. These stories explore kindness, belonging, forgiveness, and all the wonderful ways friendship can grow.
YOUTH We All Belong by Gina Marino We All Belong starts simply with a lonely mule and rabbit who find they can be friends because they have similar ears. However, soon the page is alive with many other small animals who have joined the community, each with something they have in common with one of the other animals. Everyone belongs...until a huge brown bear shows up! He’s so big, fierce, and scary. Could there possibly be a way he could fit in too? This heartwarming story of finding community both with similarities and differences is a fun take on friendship. Make New Friends by Joshua David Stein Sometimes being the new kid at school is a lot of pressure. Every night after school, Tomasso’s dad asks, “Did you make any new friends?” and Tomasso answers, “Not yet, Dad, but I will!” One day at recess, Tomasso draws eyes and a smile on a pair of old foam balls and names them Barry and Roland. He and Barry and Roland play catch all recess...and before he knows it, Tomasso has a heap of friends to tell his dad about (thanks to his marker). But what will he do when his dad asks him to invite his new friends over for pizza?
Designed as a beginner graphic novel, Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends is a charming story about two friends appreciating each other no matter how much they change. The simple words, short sentences, and friendly speech bubbles are perfect for early readers who want to try something like a graphic novel. There is even a simple introduction to the format before the story starts! Shermy and Shake: The Not-So-Bossy Best Friend by Kirby Larson Neighbors and best friends Shermy and Shake usually do everything together! But when Shermy gets a new puppy, this starts to change. Every time Shake wants to play, Shermy is busy with the puppy, so eventually he stops asking. When Shermy notices his missing friend, will he be in time to fix their friendship, or are they ex-best-friends for life?
to herself that she isn’t the worst friend in the world.
Indoor Kid by Matt Heagerty In Muscletown, the kids who are good at sports decide who can be cool and who is a loser. Arnie is so bad at sports, he even has a nickname—Air Ball Arnie—and is a constant target of the jocks’ bullying. When he receives a magic amulet that suddenly makes him the star player at every sport, will he let the new fame go to his head, or will he stay true to the best friends who liked him without magic? That Swingin’ Sound: The Musical Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong by Rekha S. Rajan Once upon a time, famous singer Ella Fitzgerald was a tiny orphan girl who loved to dance, and famous trumpet player Louis Armstrong was a stubborn boy singing on street corners to earn money! Join Ella and Louis as they find their places in music histo- ry, and each other, in That Swingin’ Sound by Rekha S. Rajan. The Friendship Guide by Jillian Roberts Friendship is complicated. The Friendship Guide invites kids to think about what choic- es make a good friend with simple scenarios that invite discussion, cute illustrations,
Not the Worst Friend in The World by Anne Rellihan When the new girl in school slides a note to Lou that says “I’ve been
kidnapped,” Lou knows she needs to be the best friend she can be to her. But will she even know how? Not even a month ago, she blew up her relationship with her best friend since kindergarten by saying truly, totally unforgivable things that she wishes she could take back. Lou needs to help the new girl, Cece, not just for her sake, but to prove
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends by Kaz Windness
Book Corner is provided by librarians at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. To learn more about the libraries in East Baton Rouge Parish, visit ebrpl.com.
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