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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The members of the Peanuts gang have varying reactions when they learn that their friend Janice has leukemia and they follow her treatment and ultimate recovery. In this timeless classic, the Peanuts gang faces the serious sickness of a good friend with all the sensitivity, caring, and warmth that is the trademark of Charles Schultz's work. Why, Charlie Brown, Why? is a heartwarming story of a child dealing with great challenges and profound questions....
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world's most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. She'd lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka told her the doll wasn't lost, but instead, traveling the world and having grand adventures! And to reassure her, Kafka began delivering letters from the doll to...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This book tells about five unlikely animal friendships in sanctuaries and zoos, from around the world: Kenya's Owen the hippo and Mzee the tortoise; South Africa's Themba the elephant and Albert the sheep; California's Koko the gorilla and her kittens; Virginia's Kumbali the cheetah and Kago the dog; Ireland's Ben the dog and Duggie the wild dolphin.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
Español
Description
A Perrazo y Perrito les encanta perseguir gatitos. Pero cierta criatura blanca y negra resulta no ser un gatito, ¡y estos dos amigos terminan oliendo muy mal!
When Big Dog and Little Dog mistake a certain black and white critter for a kitty they end up in a stinky mess.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie the kitten was small and weak--until she made friends with a giant husky! When Rosie was rescued by her moms as a kitten, they worried she wouldn't get better. But as soon as she started spending time with Lilo the husky, she vegan to feel great. The two animals became best friends, and now Rosie does everything Lilo does. They go on walks together, take naps together, and even go on boat rides together! This inspiring true story teaches us...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story...
69) Be prepared
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A misfit girl and her brother attend summer camp, where they struggle with primitive plumbing, snobby tent-mates, and boys-versus-girls competitions.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Being kind is contagious as a new girl navigates the art of making friends in a picture book suited for children starting school or moving to a new place. When Sukie's family moves and she has to start at a new school, she feels shy and lonely at first. But soon she learns that receiving small acts of kindness--someone saying hi, or saving a hoop for her--makes her feel braver, and that passing friendliness along is a good feeling, too. Before long,...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, both Navy pilots during the Korean War in 1950, come from different backgrounds: Hudner is a white New Englander, a son of privilege; Brown is an African American son of a sharecropper from Mississippi. When the two men join forces in Fighter Squadron 32, they forge a deep friendship at a time when racial inequality was prevalent in America. An unwavering commitment binds Tom and Jesse to each other as...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
REFERENCE. Learn what's new when it comes to being a good friend--our popular advice title now features fresh content and new illustrations! Friends are important to girls; they're the icing on their cake, the rainbow in their sky. But even best friends have trouble getting along sometimes. This guide will help girls deal with the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships, from backstabbing and triangles, to other tough friendship problems. It features...
