Goodluck, Laurel
Summary: Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara's family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad--but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE GOOHalliday, Fiona
Summary: A young mouse learns how to grieve and honor her best friend, a dandelion named Lion who helped her be brave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HALCordell, Matthew
Summary: "Cornbread LOVES planning. Poppy does not. Cornbread ADORES preparing. Poppy does not. Cornbread IS ready for winter. Poppy...is not. But Cornbread and Poppy are the best of friends, so when Poppy is left without any food for the long winter, Cornbread volunteers to help her out. Their search leads them up, up, up Holler Mountain, where these mice might find a new friend...and an old one."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CORFang, Vicky
Summary: Across three humorous short stories, best friends Sniff and Scratch discover rain can be fun, share a funny encounter with a balloon, and learn to be brave together when lightning strikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Summary: Best friends Cornbread and Poppy spend a day at the Carnival playing games, eating snacks, and riding the Ferris wheel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: J.C. is going to the Spring Flower Festival with his grandparents and little sister, and he is worried that he will not get home in time to join his best friends Amir and Vicky at the zoo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PRINaylor-Ballesteros, Chris
Summary: This laugh-out-loud picture book follows best friends Frank and Bert as they play hide-and-seek, but when Bert isn't so good at hiding (despite thinking he is), Frank must decide between winning or making Bert happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAYSchwartz, Amy
Summary: "Preschooler Ayana has thirteen adventures with her family and her friend Harris including a jelly bean hunt, working in a community garden, and giving her hamster, Stanley, a bath"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHWindness, Kaz
Summary: A worm and a caterpillar are best friends. When one of them is about to go through a big change, they both learn what is inside is what counts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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Summary: Two best friends get together for a sleepover, but their plans to stay up all night are foiled when they are besieged by the Yawns and other harbingers of sleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ELIFalatko, Julie
Summary: Snappsy the alligator wants to spend a quiet evening reading, but a pesky chicken who insists he is Snappsy's best friend will not leave him alone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FALFeuti, Norman
Summary: With weird swamp noises swirling around him, Beak the Bird cannot get any sleep until his friend Ally the alligator shows him where the racket is coming from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DUMGraegin, Stephanie
Summary: "A story that celebrates memories and friendship about a young koala and a friend who has moved away."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRADeedy, Carmen Agra
Summary: Rita and Ralph live on neighboring hills and they are best friends, until a silly accident while goofing around ends up with both of them angry and unhappy--and they both need to find a way to heal the break in their relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEEReid, C. L.
Summary: Her second place finish in a writing contest for third graders disappoints Emma, a deaf girl, but her best friend Izzie, who did not expect much, is thrilled to finish third, so the girls decide to celebrate together. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE REISalazar, Alicia
Summary: Camila plans to create a computer video called "How to be a fashion star", but first she must design a new outfit (with sequins) with the help of her best friend, Bea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALAnderson, Derek
Summary: "Croc is grumpy. Ally is happy. Croc sees a problem. Ally finds a solution. Whether it's choosing new chairs, going for a walk, or looking for the moon, these best friends will always work together despite their differences"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN ANDMaynor, Megan
Summary: When Ella and Penguin discover they do not both enjoy the same things, they are upset because they think friends have to match each other perfectly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2017
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Summary: After Emma makes the swim team her best friend, Izzie, (who did not make it) has started to avoid her, and Emma fears that she will have to choose between the swim team and her friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE REIHale, Bruce
Summary: "Clark the Shark is super excited about the drawing contest. The winner gets Captain Suckermouth comics, signed by Captain Suckermouth! When Clark asks Joey Mackerel for help, his excitement gets the best of him and he doesn't listen to his friend. Joey is sad because his pet catfish died. Will Clark be able to truly listen and put his friend first? Clark the Shark has been embraced in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "Kit and Kip are two cats who are complete opposites and best friends, but when the adventurous Kit gets a cramp while swimming, the careful Kip must save her"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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Summary: Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie's new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can't-face-Maggie kind of cat, and Maggie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAYPercival, Tom
Summary: Milo loves spending time with his best friend Jay, but when new girl Suzi moves in next door, Milo starts to feel left out, and as his jealousy grows more intense a green-eyed monster pops up beside him, twisting up all of Milo's thoughts and making him feel sad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023