Alexander and the
Wind-Up Mouse
Leo Lionni
$4.79
Alexander is lonely. He meets
a wind-up mouse named Willy who becomes his best friend through a little
lizard's magic
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Jean Ban Leuween
$10.49
Amanda has a new best friend,
Lollipop. Amanda falls in love with Lollipop's bedroom until she
stays overnight. Then, whe misses her home and her own bed.
A book in the Amanda Pig series
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Paula Danziger
$3.19
Amber's third grade class is
teasing her about being a crayon color. Then, her best friend
moves because his parents are divorcing. Appropriate for early
chapter books. Humor. |
Katherine Holabird
Angelina is excited when Alice came
to school. They were both good at doing many things especially
gymnastics. Their friendship is tested when Angelina falls and
Alice teases her with other friends. Great illustrations and
attractive storyline for girls.
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James Marshall
$5.56
Two hippos teach the meaning of
friendship in five vignettes. These two find that friendship has
its own meaning and rewards.
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Bernard Waber
$4.76
Ira is spending his first night
away from home at Reggie's house. He was planning all of the
exciting things that they would do together until the problem of his
teddy bear, Tah Tah come up. |
Juanita
Havill
$5.06
Jamaica is embarrassed because she
has to wear her brothers hand-me-down boots. She loves Brianna's
pink boots. The concepts of friendship, jealousy, envy, and
affection are strong with African-American and Asian multicultural
elements and diversity |
Juanita Havill
Jamaica
is upset because everyone in her family has something to do but
her. Jamaica decides to follow her brother to the park. She
starts to play in the sandbox but will not play with another child
because he was younger. Then she remembers how she felt when her
brother would not play with her for the same reason.
Multicultural. Family diversity. |
Francine Patterson
$3.99
Koko the gorilla was born on the
fourth of July. He has a 500 word vocabulary but all he wants is a
cat. Koko and his new cat Ball do everything together.
Excellent for a nonfiction addition to the unit.
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Tomi DePaola
$4.79
The Commanche tribe is praying for
rain. One girl sacrifices her prize possession, a doll, to save
her people. The ashes scatter and bluebonnets grow. Good social
studies integration book with theme. |
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Marjorie
Sharmat
$3.39
Mitchell, the dinosaur, is tired of
his house. He decides to move but his friend of 60-years does not
want him to leave. Margo visits Mitchell and decides to stay. |
Stan Berenstain
$2.60
Lizzy, the new cub in the
neighborhood are happy to finally have each other to play with in the
neighborhood. Sister Bear is bossy and learns that you cannot
always have friends if you have to have your own way all of the
time. Realistic problems. |
Clare
Turlay
Newberry
$9.98
A baby rabbit and a cat become
friends.
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Harriet Ziefert
$3.50
Best friend theme of two
boys. Chapter book.
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Patricia Reilly
Giff
$3.19
Stacy does not want to be partners
with the new girl at school. Then Stacy finds out that being
different is not such a bad thing at all. Chapter book in a series
by the author. |
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