Metropolitan Library System

"Friends don't have to live near one another nor do they have to like the same things. Join the Sesame Street gang as they celebrate the many ways to be a friend"--

Friendships are among the most important relationships we have. Friends play, laugh, and share ? and comfort one another in times of need. Here, for the first time, a collection of work by all-star artists from across the centuries and around the world celebrates the concept of friendship via paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and more. A brief, tender, read-aloud text accompanies each work, and the work's title and artist's name are included...

"Through various examples, children learn about friendliness and how to apply it to everyday life. At school and at home, various situations are presented which teach readers about the importance of forgiving others. Additional features to aid comprehension include informative captions, a Think-About-It section, a table of contents, a glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author."--

"Spend a day in Mexico with a little boy and their family, from huevos in the morning to settling down for dulces sueños at night. Mexican author Cynthia Harmony and illustrator Claudia Navarro draw on their lived experiences in Mexico to create an authentic picture of modern Mexican life as part of the Our World Series for very young readers"--Amazon.com.

"Introduce a los pequęos a la amistad y la construcci̤n de relaciones en este adorable libro de cart̤n con solapa levantable. Ya sean conejitos en un campo, insectos debajo de las rocas o p̀jaros en los ̀rboles, ¡haz amigos donde quiera que vayas! Repleto de lindas ilustraciones de todo tipo de amigos animales, este robusto libro de cart̤n es perfecto para beb̌s y nįos pequęos".--Translated from the English description. "Introduce little...

Do you know what "social power" is? You experience it every day, you share it with your friends and classmates, and when it's balanced and equal you feel awesome. But when it's unequal or out of whack, you feel all that drama. Zucker offers ways to deal with unbalanced social power situations. She offers appropriate and easy-to-apply advice you can use to thrive in your friendships, figure out who you are, and how to become the best version of yourself....

"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...

"Middle school can be a hot mess--especially for sixth-grader Nate Wright. Whether he's bluffing his way through an oral report about...umm...some random war, peer-reviewing a classmate's story about cats, or writing a book report on a literary gem called The Cheerleader Chronicles, Nate's usually up to his eyeballs in stress. But our hero always finds ways to cope. Like bringing Spitsy to school as an emotional support dog. Or creating a graphic...

"Ezra loves exploring new books and discovering new things with his friend LeVar Burton"--