Friends and Friendships
Anglund, J. W. [1961]. (2002). Cowboy and his friend. Kansas City, MO: Andrews
McMeel.
Beck, A. [1998]. (1999). Elliot's emergency. New York: Scholastic. Also available
in French.
Berenstain, S., & Berenstain, J. [1982]. (2002). The Berenstain Bears get in a fight.
Lexington, KY: Book Wholesalers. Also available in Braille, Japanese, and
as an audio recording. Computer software, VHS
Bourgeois, P., & Clark, B. [1997]. (1999). Franklin's new friend. Toronto: Kids
Can Press. Also available in Braille, Bulgarian, French, Indonesian, Korean,
Norwegian, and as an audio recording.
Bower, G., & Bower, J. [2000]. (2002). Tessa's treasures. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale
House.
Bridwell, N. (1985). Clifford's pals. New York: Scholastic.
Brown, K. [1990]. (2001). Why can't I fly? London: Andersen. Also available in
Chinese and Korean.
Brown, M. [1989]. (1998). Arthur's birthday. New York: Little, Brown. Also
available in Braille and Spanish and as an audio recording. Computer
software, VHS
Burningham, J. [1975]. (1996). The friend. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
Also available in French and Spanish.
Carle, E. [1971]. (1997). Do you want to be my friend? New York: Scholastic.
Also available in Braille, French, German, and Japanese.
Carlson, N. L. [1985]. (1997). Louanne Pig in witch lady. Minneapolis, MN:
Carolrhoda Books. Also available as an audio recording.
Carlson, N. L. [1997]. (2000). Snowden. New York: Viking.
Clements, A. [1988]. (1997). Big Al. New York: Aladdin. Also available in Braille
and as an audio recording.
Cohen, M., & Hoban, L. [1967]. (1993). Will I have a friend? New York:
Scholastic. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Cohen, M. [1971]. (1989). Best friends. New York: Collier Books.
Craig, J., & Morse, D. (1994). Valentine's Day mess. Mahwah, NJ: Troll
Associates. Also available as an audio recording.
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Crimi, C., & Munsinger, L. [1999]. (2002). Don’t need friends. New York:
Dragonfly.
Derby, J., & Keenan, J. D. (1993). Are you my friend? Scottdale, PA: Herald Press.
Egan, T. (1996). Metropolitan cow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Also available in
French.
Falda, D., & Lanning, R. [1999]. (2002). The treasure chest. New York: NorthSouth Books.
Fox, M., & Vivas, J. (1984). (1995). Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. New
York: Kane/Miller. Also available in Hebrew and as an audio recording.
VHS
Hallinan, P. K. [1994]. (2002). A rainbow of friends. Nashville, TN: Ideals
Children’s Books.
Hoberman, M. A., & Hawkes, K. [1999]. (2003). And to think that we thought that
we'd never be friends. New York: Dell Dragonfly Book.
Hutchins, P. [1993]. (2002). My best friend. New York: McGraw-Hill. Also
available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Kraus, R. [1973]. (1987). Herman the helper. New York: Simon & Schuster Books
for Young Readers. Also available in Spanish.
Lionni, L. [1959]. (2000). Little Blue and Little Yellow. New York: Harper-Collins.
Also available in Braille, Italian, Japanese, and as an audio recording.
Lionni, L. [1963]. (1999). Swimmy. Orlando, FL: Harcourt. Also available in
Braille, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and as an audio
recording. VHS
Mayer, M. [1988]. (2003). Just my friend and me. New York: Golden Books. Also
available in French.
McLerran, A., & Cooney, B. [1991]. (2001). Roxaboxen. Bethany MO: Fitzgerald
Books. Also available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS
Miles, B. [1976]. (1989). All it takes is practice. New York: Knopf. Also available
in Braille.
Moe, B. (1975). The ghost wore knickers. New York: N A L.
Pfister, M. [1995]. (2001). Rainbow Fish to the rescue. New York: North-South
Books. Also available as in Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Korean,
Tagalog, Vietnamese, and an audio recording. VHS
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Pfister, M., & James, A. [1992]. (1998). The rainbow fish. New York: North-South
Books. Also available in Braille, Chinese, German, Hebrew, Japanese,
Khmer, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Pinkwater, D. M. (1991). Doodle flute. New York: Macmillan.
Ross, A., & Gorbaty, N. (1991). Be my friend: Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame
Street Muppets. New York: Random House/Children's Televison Workshop.
Saunders, S., & Manning, J. (1998). The creepy camp-out. New York:
HarperTrophy.
Schick, E. (1987). Art lessons. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Schlichting, M. (1994). Harry and the haunted house. Alameda, CA: Planet
Productions. Computer software
Stephens, H. [1999]. (2000). What about me? New York: Dorling Kindersley.
Tafuri, N. (2000). Will you be my friend? A bunny and bird story. New York:
Scholastic. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Trent, J. [1992]. (1998). The treasure tree: Helping kids get along and enjoy each
other. Nashville, TN: Tommy Nelson. VHS
Tsutsui, Y., & Hayashi, A. (1989). Anna’s secret friend. New York: Viking
Penguin. Also available in Korean.
Udry, J. M., & Sendak, M. [1961]. (1989). Let's be enemies. New York:
HarperCollins. Also available in Chinese, German, Japanese, and as an
audio recording.
West, C. [1996]. (1997). "Buzz, buzz, buzz," went bumblebee. Cambridge, MA:
Candlewick Press.
Weyn, S. (1997). Snow angel. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.
Wishinsky, F., & Layton, N. [2000]. (2003). Nothing scares us. Markham, ON:
Scholastic.
Yost-Filgate, S., & Filgate, L. (2002). Rip Squeak and his friends discover the
treasure. San Luis Obispo, CA: Rip Squeak Press.
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