Childrens Books on Friendship

All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! by Ellen B. Senisi And Heres to You, by David Elliott, illus. by Randy Cecil Arthurs Friendship Treasury, by Marc Brown Bear Feels Scared, by Karma Wilson, illus. by Jane Chapman Best Friend on Wheels, by Debra Shirley, illus. by Judy Stead Best Friends, by Charlotte Labaronne The Best Friends Book, by Todd Parr Big Al, by Andrew Clements, illus. by Yoshi Big Dog . . . Little Dog, by P.D. Eastman, available in Spanish Can You Be a Friend? by Nita Everly Can You Talk to Your Friends? by Nita Everly Chesters Way, by Kevin Henkes Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes Dog and Bear: Twos Company, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Fluffy and Baron, by Laura Rankin Fox Makes Friends, by Adam Relf, available in Spanish Franklins Friendship Treasury, by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Brenda Clark Franklins New Friend, by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Brenda Clark Friendships in Nature, by James Gary Hines, photos by Jan Martin McGuire Gigi and Lulus Gigantic Fight, by Pamela Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole Heartprints, by P.K. Hallinan Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores, by James Howe, illus. by Amy Walrod How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague How to Be a Friend, by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown How to Lose All Your Friends, by Nancy Carlson Hunters Best Friend at School, by Laura Malone Elliot, illus. by Lynn Munsinger I Can Share, by Karen Katz Im Sorry, by Sam McBratney, illus. by Jennifer Eachus Its Okay to Be Different, by Todd Parr Jamberry, by Bruce Degen Join in and Play, by Cheri Meiners Lets Talk about It: Extraordinary Friends, by Fred Rogers, photos by Jim Judkis The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, by Don and Audry Wood Making Friends, by Fred Rogers Making Friends, by Janine Amos, illus. by Annabel Spenceley Margaret and Margarita, by Lynn Reiser, bilingual (English and Spanish) Matthew and Tilly, by Rebecca C. Jones, illus. by Beth Peck Mine! A Backpack Baby Story, by Miriam Cohen Mine! Mine! Mine! by Shelly Becker, illus. by Hideko Takahashi My Best Friend, by Pat Hutchins My Friend and I, by Lisa JahnClough My Friend Bear, by Jez Alborough My Friend Is Sad, by Mo Willems My Friend, the Starfinder, by George Ella Lyon, illus. by Stephen Gammell One Lonely Sea Horse, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers Owen & Mzee: Best Friends and Owen & Mzee: Language of Friendship, by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu Peanut, by Linas Alsenas Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, by Aaron Blabey The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister A Rainbow of Friends, by P.K. Hallinan The Selfish Crocodile, by Faustin Charles and Michael Terry
This list is excerpted and adapted, with permission, from the Web site of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL). For more information, go to www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel.

Sharing: How Kindness Grows, by Fran Shaw Simon and Molly plus Hester, by Lisa Jahn-Clough Sometimes I Share, by Carol Nicklaus Sunshine and Storm, by Elisabeth Jones and James Coplestone Talk and Work It Out, by Cheri Meiners, illus. by Meredith Johnson Thats What a Friend Is, by P.K. Hallinan A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker, illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton We Are Best Friends, by Aliki

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