friendship

"Marie and Nathalie are the queens of make-believe. They've run through every scenario that is possible, somewhat plausible, or frankly unbelievable: secret-agent ninjas launching a surprise-attack on an ice-cream stand, super-heroes hell-bent on making country music disappear, even lost astronauts condemned to spend millions of light-years in another dimension. The name of the game? "What If We Were..." But all of this was a mere prelude to "What If We Were... For Real!" This new version is just like the classic game, minus the mental gymnastics of thinking up fantasy scenarios. Because now Marie and Nathalie's wildest fantasies are coming true... for real!" -- page 4 of cover.

When Emery and Richard play the game Nicky-Nicky Nine Doors, they discover that there are serious consequences to scaring the neighbors.

After making a bargain with an enigmatic wizard, Dobrinia is gifted a flying ship and answers the decree of the Tzar to find the lost Princess Sabrina.

Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.

Nearing the end of high school, Oli and a close-knit group of friends have secretly decided to leave it all behind to live in a remote island commune. But when a fight with a bully results in an altercation, Oli flees school, grabs her two friends, and leaves early for the commune. However, after some misadventures, they arrive and see that the commune is nothing like they thought it would be. Meanwhile, her ex-best friend Liam, trails behind them, hoping to make things right with Oli.

After Virgil Hawkins reveals his secret identity as Static to his girlfriend, Daisy, she breaks up with him, leaving him free to go to a big music festival with his best friend Richie Foley (also known as superhero Gear), but they soon run into girls who each have secret identities of their own.

When a bluebird comes upon a dinosaur who's down in the dumps, he asks what's wrong. "?Tengo hambre!" says the dinosaur. I'm hungry! Does the dinosaur want a banana? "?Pla?tano? No." Fish? "?Pescado? No, gracias." Nothing seems to do the trick! What does dinosaur want to eat? This delightful bilingual picture book is about finding just the right food--and just the right friend.

When Bo decides to ring the doorbell of the spooky house on Spring Street, he does not expect to discover an opportunity to learn about treating neighbors with kindness and friendship.

"Interrupting Cow has a mystery to solve! Do sheep growl, groan, or howl? If not, what could this strange new creature in the pasture be? One thing Interrupting Cow does know is that there's always room for more friends!"--Publisher.

Finds Nikki and her friends followed for a month by a reality television crew during the shooting of Nikki's latest hit song, an exercise that proves to be more troublesome than anticipated.