My Friend!
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- £8.49
Publisher Description
A picture book about what it means to be a friend from Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans, the writer/artist team that brought us Chocolate Me! and Mixed Me.
Friends lend a hand when they can
They help blend and mend
it doesn't depend on whether you're doing wrong or right.
A friend can send or lend a shining light to a situation.
Add some bright to any frustration.
On pretty much any occasion.
Two best friends do almost everything together. They have each other's backs. But when one friend sees the other treating someone unkindly, he steps in to show that everyone wants to be treated as they would treat others.
From the popular picture book team—longtime friends themselves—comes a real and rhythmic look at friendship that any child will relate to in My Friend!
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Frequent collaborators Diggs and Evans (Chocolate Me!) offer a story about a close friend calling another out. In alternating views, two boys of color are seen waking up to the beat of Diggs's snappy rhymes: "Time to climb out of bed!/ Do what Daddy said./ Brush those teeth.../ and comb that head!" Bright colors and bold outlines add to a feeling of movement, while painted and textured illustrations by Evans add warmth and complexity. The boys meet on the bus, where their bond is underscored: "Must grab that seat just for US./ (The one cat I trust.)" While waiting for gym class to start, though, the narrator spots his friend "spilling ill will" as he sticks a leg out and trips a classmate. Without missing a beat, the narrator takes action, pulling his pal aside: "Makes no sense, nuh-uh./ That's not how you treat someone." An apology is made, and the victim forgives the harm. Readers will learn from watching the narrator react to his friend's behavior in real time, with kindness and in friendship. Ages 4 8.
