Books with title Why Can't We be Friends

Carley is a little green grasshopper who lives in the meadow with her family. She has always been told that green grasshoppers should never play with orange grasshoppers, but she doesn't know why. What is she to do when she meets a new friend, Julia, who is an orange grasshopper? Julia faces the same problem. Should she tell her family about her new friend, Carley? Carley and Julia decide to ask Granny, who is a wise old grasshopper. She tells them the story of how the dislike between green and orange grasshoppers first began. And she tells them what they can do to end the problems.

Carley is a little green grasshopper who lives in the meadow with her family. She has always been told that green grasshoppers should never play with orange grasshoppers, but she doesn't know why. What is she to do when she meets a new friend, Julia, who is an orange grasshopper? Julia faces the same problem. Should she tell her family about her new friend, Carley? Carley and Julia decide to ask Granny, who is a wise old grasshopper. She tells them the story of how the dislike between green and orange grasshoppers first began. And she tells them what they can do to end the problems.

Carley is a little green grasshopper who lives in the meadow with her family. She has always been told that green grasshoppers should never play with orange grasshoppers, but she doesn’t know why. What is she to do when she meets a new friend, Julia, who is an orange grasshopper? Julia faces the same problem. Should she tell her family about her new friend, Carley?

The companion to The Dead Inside, "[An] unnerving and heartrending memoir" (Publishers Weekly) This is the story of my return to high school. This is the true story of how I didn't die. High school sucks for a lot of people. High school extra sucks when you believe, deep in your soul, that every kid in the school is out to get you. I wasn't popular before I got locked up in Straight Inc., the notorious "tough love" program for troubled teens. So it's not like I was walking around thinking everyone liked me. But when you're psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were: You are evil. Your peers are evil. Everything is evil except Straight, Inc. Before long, you're a true believer. And when you're finally released, sent back into the world, you crave safety. Crave being back in the warehouse. And if you can't be there, you'd rather be dead.

The companion to The Dead Inside, "[An] unnerving and heartrending memoir" (Publishers Weekly) This is the story of my return to high school. This is the true story of how I didn't die. High school sucks for a lot of people. High school extra sucks when you believe, deep in your soul, that every kid in the school is out to get you. I wasn't popular before I got locked up in Straight Inc., the notorious "tough love" program for troubled teens. So it's not like I was walking around thinking everyone liked me. But when you're psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were: You are evil. Your peers are evil. Everything is evil except Straight, Inc. Before long, you're a true believer. And when you're finally released, sent back into the world, you crave safety. Crave being back in the warehouse. And if you can't be there, you'd rather be dead.

Author Kate Coury through this wonderfully illustrated book will take the child on an adventure that will show them that even though everyone is different, being different is an okay thing to be. This book teaches children the important life lesson that it is okay to be friends with those that are different. also, that being friends with those that are not the same as us is actually a pretty fun thing.

Sarah's thrilled that Laurie has moved to the neighborhood. How exciting? A new friend to play with! It doesn't matter to Sarah that Laurie's in a wheelchair. Sarah never imagined that Laurie would be faced with so many obstacles when moving into her neighborhood and elementary school. Unfortunately for Laurie, not all students were as accepting as Sarah. Laurie's arrival had everyone buzzing with questions: could Laurie really play basketball? And what exactly happened on Field Day? Sarah's determined to help Laurie fit in and be accepted by all, but not everyone feels the same. The one thing Sarah found herself asking her friends and Laurie: Can We Be Friends?

The companion to The Dead Inside, "[An] unnerving and heartrending memoir" (Publishers Weekly) This is the story of my return to high school. This is the true story of how I didn't die. High school sucks for a lot of people. High school extra sucks when you believe, deep in your soul, that every kid in the school is out to get you. I wasn't popular before I got locked up in Straight Inc., the notorious "tough love" program for troubled teens. So it's not like I was walking around thinking everyone liked me. But when you're psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were: You are evil. Your peers are evil. Everything is evil except Straight, Inc. Before long, you're a true believer. And when you're finally released, sent back into the world, you crave safety. Crave being back in the warehouse. And if you can't be there, you'd rather be dead.

Anna and Emily have just started at their new middle school. They’ve come from different elementary schools and have different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common: the loss of their mothers through the same tragedy. The odds are against them, but can they become friends?This young-adult novel takes you on a tour of historical places in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma as Anna and Emily discover the nature of their relationship.