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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2016 | Picture Books
PreS-Gr 2—Making friends is hard to do, especially when you are the new person at school. A little girl, arriving in a plane on the first page, is shown standing shyly next to her new teacher on the next, and from the illustration, readers can deduce that she does not speak the same language as her classmates. "She was different. And alone." The little girl longs for a friend to eat lunch with outside. One day, a squirrel scampers next to her, and she hands it an ear of corn as they sit on the bench, side by side. The next day, the squirrel is...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
A new student just wants "someone who could be a friend. Someone to eat with." First woodland animals, then other children join...Log In or Sign Up to Read More