friendship

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friendship

I will try

2012
A young girl beginning to learn gymnastics is tempted to quit because she cannot spin and jump like her friend Jan, but Jan persuades her to keep trying.

The Secret Tree

2012
Sixth-grader Minty and her new friend, Raymond, discover the Secret Tree, a tree with a hollow trunk that holds the secrets of the people in their neighborhood. They begin to watch their neighbors, to solve the mysteries of the secrets and to undo a curse, but they will have to work through some secrets of their own along the way.

Mac and Cheese and the perfect plan

2012
Mac finally convinces his best friend Cheese to go to the beach, but then they miss the bus.

My big dog

2009
Merl, a very special cat, feels threatened when his owners acquire a dog, so he leaves to find a place where he will not have to share with a dog, but he soon learns that home is the best place to be.

Little Leap Forward

a boy in Beijing
2008
In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.

Daydreams of a solitary hamster

2010
Relates in comic strip style the adventures of the often selfish and self-absorbed Hamster and his affectionate friends Mole, Hedgehog, Snail, Squirrel and Rabbit as they ponder aspects of life and prepare to celebrate Hamster's birthday.

Out and about

2006
Two friends walk to the park, the store, the zoo, and back home again.

The worst of friends

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the true story of an American feud
2011
Describes how their different political views caused friends Thomas Jefferson and John Adams to become rivals, until they learned to set aside their differences for the sake of their friendship.

Mason Dixon

fourth grade disasters
2011
Mason Dixon is dreading starting the fourth grade, especially because all the fourth graders are required to sing in the school choir and Mason cannot carry a tune, so Mason devises a foolproof plan to keep himself out of the spotlight.

The name game!

2011
Daphne uses her diary to chronicle her first day of fourth grade, which does not turn out to be as wonderful as she expected thanks to a series of unfortunate mishaps.

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