My Best Friend - Softcover

Rodman, Mary Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142408069 ISBN 13: 9780142408063

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2007

Synopsis

It's summer, and Lily spends lots of time at the community pool, where she sees Tamika. Lily decides that Tamika will be her new best friend. Only, Tamika already has a best friend, and no matter how hard Lily tries, she can't seem to impress Tamika. But without Tamika, who will be Lily's best friend? With beautiful watercolor art and poignant text, this author and illustrator create a timeless story about the difficulties of finding a friend.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Ann Rodman lives in Georgia. E. B. Lewis has won a Coretta Scott King Award as well as a Caldecott Honor. He lives in New Jersey.

From School Library Journal:

Starred Review. Grade 1-3–Six-year-old Lily longs to be best friends with seven-year-old Tamika. For weeks she pines over the friendship that she believes they would share if not for Lily's babyish bathing suit or Tamika's distracting friend Shanice. In the end the youngster gives up on wanting a buddy who doesn't want her and finds someone even better with whom to share her summer. Rodman's honest text captures the girl's heartbroken disappointment and makes it real for young readers, and Lewis's shining, sun-drenched illustrations convey both the harshness and warmth of the bright days at the pool. This simple but powerful picture book speaks to the yearning outsider in every child. Consider it a first purchase for friendship-themed storytimes, bibliotherapy, and for its gorgeous, almost palpably liquid art.–Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County Public Library, SC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0142408069
• ISBN 13: 9780142408063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lewis E. B.