Friends Are Friends, Forever
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Friends Are Friends, Forever is a picture book based on the author's own immigration story, the infinite impact of friendship, and passing on love and kindness around the world.
On a snowy Lunar New Year’s Eve in Northeastern China, it’s Dandan’s last night with Yueyue. Tomorrow, she moves to America. The two best friends have a favorite wintertime tradition: crafting paper-cut snowflakes, freezing them outside, and hanging them as ornaments.
As they say goodbye, Yueyue presses red paper and a spool of thread into Dandan’s hands so that she can carry on their tradition. But in her new home, Dandan has no one to enjoy the gift with—until a friend comes along.
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Based on Liu's personal experiences emigrating from Changchun, China, to North Carolina, this earnest, poetic narrative ("Nainai's stories chime in my ears./ Garlic and ginger tickle my nose./ I close my eyes to remember everything") follows Dandan, a Chinese child, and best friend and neighbor Yueyue. When Dandan must move after the Lunar New Year, the friends enjoy their paper-cutting ornament tradition for the last time, and Yueyue gives Dandan supplies for next year. But Dandan has difficulty making new friends—that is, until meeting pale-skinned, freckled Christina, who eventually partakes in the Lunar New Year festivities with Dandan's family. Scurfield's cartoonish art—drawings rendered in pencil, colored with ink, and digitally collaged—adds levity to a sensitive story. At once culturally nuanced and universally heartfelt, this picture book debut will resonate with anyone who has ever had to leave a friend behind—and managed to make a new one. Back matter includes an author's note, more information on Lunar New Year, and instructions on how to make a snowflake. Ages 4–8.
