Books with title Friendship, a Story

In kindergarten, two young girls meet the first day. They become good friends and share work and play. Color of skin to them does not matter . . . Their friendship no one person could shatter! Through the years, they share their worlds and dreams. Their planned careers were much alike it seems! And to their great pleasure Working together they found it to be a treasure!

As a very true story, What's a Friend For?, teases the reader to wonder just who these friends might be while pointing out cultural/social differences that we might let influence our choices of friends. Fun little hints lead to the more meaningful discussion of friendship and introduces a few simple observations that will make you think...make you value the wonderfulness of a friend. We laugh and say, What's a Friend For? is a children's book written for adults...and children that helps lead us all into a discussion about the value of a friend. The illustrations, done with a mechanical pencil and watercolors, create menageries to study while absorbing all nuances of the landscape where this story takes place. This little book suggests three surprising qualities of friendship. Artist Melinda Hoffman painted the illustrations on watercolor paper. She created these images from the photos she took right up her street. Her work is loose and pages are worked in a landscape format. This is a large artistic book full of watercolor images.

People have been telling stories since the beginning of time--sharing them from one generation to the next. In Friendship Stories, readers will read four different tales about the benefits of friendships. Readers will recognize some of their favorite stories growing up and discover new ones from different cultures. Books include mature, complex themes at a low readability to engage struggling readers. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

First edition. A self-contained gem, this essay was originally part of the book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Printed in black with red title and ornament on title page and red title shoulder note on each page by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press in Boston. Updike, no.270 . Portrait of the author as frontispiece. Minor discoloration to cloth. 56 pages. silk covered boards, cover gilt stamped, top edges gilt, fore edges deckled. large 12mo..

The four best friends, who are seven-year-old girls, are super excited about the start of summer! Their adventure begins with getting out of school and talking about a pink sleepover. But things do not run smoothly when nine-year-old Kiki, the rival girl, gets in the way by uninviting the girls to a famous fashion show. When she mentioned, “But of course you’re not invited. What a shame! Ha,” the girls dash to Sokron’s house to talk of how they could be in the fashion show also. “We can use newspapers, leaves, flowers, floppy toys, dog hair, candy wraps, super glue, peanut butter, and gel,…” excitedly pasted Jonsy, as she started to list ideas. Everything seemed as though it would work out, except one little thing: an invitation stated that every team must have five people and their model should be at least nine years old.

Stories of Friendship in the Social Emotional Library series presents real life, historical, and modern stories that celebrate friendship as displayed in everyday life. Through the collection of five separate stories, thought-provoking issues and questions, as well as hands-on activities, encourage the development of critical life skills, empathy, and social emotional growth.