Friends Indeed! All Kinds of Friends by Shelly Rotner

Friends come in all sorts--sizes, shapes, colors, and ages.

YOUNG FRIENDS, OLD FRIENDS.

NEW FRIENDS, BEST FRIENDS.

There a family friends--brothers and sisters and cousins and whatever.

There are friends from next door that are always there.

Some friends have feathers or fuzzy fur.

FRIENDS WITH DIFFERENT FACES

WITH FAMILIES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

They can be taller or smaller, funny or serious. They can climb rock walls, bounce basketballs; they can choose to be caped crusaders or dressy princesses. They can giggle with your or help you with your math.

Sometimes they are sad, and sometimes they get mad.

GOOD FRIENDS. TRUE FRIENDS.

That's what we all want, and friendship is the subject of Shelly Rotner's All Kinds of Friends (Millbrook Press), one that in its many charming photos reminds everyone of the diversity to friends to be found. Conversational in tone but written in easy-reading, rhyming couplets, this sensitive book is perfect for a read-aloud during the early days of the school year when finding new friends is a really big deal for young students. Notes Booklist, "Given the demand for preschool and primary-grade books on friendship, particularly in the fall, many libraries will want to have this volume on hand."