Friendship

Books about the importance of getting along with others

DiCamillo, K. & McGhee, A. (2013). Bink & Gollie: Best

Friends Forever. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press

Bink and Gollie are at is again with their clever and fun shenanigans. Gollie sees what it feels like to be royalty, Bink attempts to make herself taller with the Stretch-O-Matic, and the two of them try to collect enough gold stars to make it into Flicker’s Arcana of the Extraordinary. Through it all, they become closer and remain best friends. (Geisel)

Harper, C. M. (2013). Bean Dog and Nugget: The Ball. New York: Alfred A. Knopf

Bean Dog finds a new ball and is super excited to share it with his friend, Nugget. When he throws it to her, it bounces off of her and into an evil bush. The two friends devise several ways to get the ball until they settle on their one successful plan. Once they get their ball back, they discover it was more fun getting it out of the bushes than actually having it with them! (Graphic Novel)

Hayes, G. (2009). Benny and Penny in “The Big No-No.” New York: Toon Books.

Benny believes the new girl next door has stolen his bucket, so him and his sister, Pen-ny, commit a “big no-no” and climb over the fence into her yard to find it. After misjudg-ing her as a monster from her footprints and attacking her with mud, Benny and Penny come to realize she didn’t take their bucket after all. The two make amends with their neighbor and become good friends. (Graphic Novel)

Perez, L..K. (2002). First Day in Grapes. New York: Lee & Low Books.

Chico is the son of a migrant worker in California. His family moves often, following the crops, and Chico moves from school to school, finding it dif-ficult to make friends and feel settled. First Day in Grapes chronicles his failures and successes of his first day at school after his father has started working the grape crop. Chico is able to make a few friends and stand up to a few bullies as well. (Pura Belpre)

Willems, Mo (2008). Are You Ready to Play Outside?. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Piggie and Gerald are ready to play outside until it starts to rain. Piggie is upset and feels like their day is ruined. His friend, Gerald, shows him there are ways to still have fun, whether it is raining or not. Are You Ready to Play Outside is a great book about friendship and ingenuity. (Easy Reader)

Willems, M. (2011). I Broke My Trunk. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Piggie cannot wait to hear how Gerald broke his trunk. Gerald tells Piggie about all the people he balanced on his trunk. Piggie finally finds out Gerald did not break his trunk balancing all of those people, he broke it when he tripped run-ning to tell Piggie the story. Piggie thinks it is so funny that he runs to tell his friends, tripping and breaking his nose in the process. (Geisel)

Wilems, M. (2012). Let’s Go For a Drive New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Gerald wants to go on a drive with Piggie, but he must be prepared. He asks Piggie to get all kinds of things for their trip from sunglasses to a map. When he ask Piggie about bringing a car, he real-izes none of them own one, ruining their chances of going for a drive. Although he is bummed, his friend Piggie takes all of the things they collected to make a pirate ship. (Geisel)

Willems, Mo (2012). Listen to My Trumpet. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Piggie has gotten a trumpet and wants to play it for Gerald. When he starts play-ing, it is really loud and off key. Piggie asks Gerald what he thought after he is fin-ished, and Ger- ald is scared to tell the truth and hurt Piggie’s feelings. Come to find out, Piggie was try-ing to sound like an elephant! (Easy Reader)

Willems, M. (2014). My New Friend is so Fun!. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Gerald and Snake are excited both of their best friends are spending time together. After discussing what their best friends would be doing, Gerald and Snake are scared they will have so much fun they will forget all about them. After confronting them. Gerald and Snake discover their friends have been thinking about them the whole the time. (Easy Reader)

Categories

After each book summary is a designation of what category the book falls under. Their descriptions are listed below.

Children’s Easy Readers: These books are designed for kids just learning how to read. They have il-lustrations on every page, but the style of the book is more “grown-up” with more text than chil-dren’s picture books.

(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award: This award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.

Graphic Novels: A novel in comic strip format

Pura Belpré Award: The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experi-ence in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

References for Pictures 1. Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from:

www.amazon.com 2. Bean Dog and Nugget: The Ball [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from:

www.amazon.com 3. Benny and Penny in “The Big No-No.” [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from:

www.amazon.com 4. First Day in Grapes [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from: www.amazon.com 5. Are You Ready to Play Outside? [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from:

www.amazon.com 6. I Broke My Trunk [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from: www.amazon.com 7. Let’s Go For a Drive [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from: www.amazon.com 8. Listen to My Trumpet [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from: www.amazon.com 9. My New Friend is so Fun [Photograph]. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from:

www.amazon.com