Books About Friends compiled by friends of Family Reading Partnership

We Are Best Friends by Aliki

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

A Friend is Someone Who Likes You by Joan Walsh Anglund

What About Bear? by Suzanne Bloom

A Splendid Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

You Will Be My Friend by Peter Brown

True Love: 24 Surprising Stories of Animal Affection by Rachel Buchholz

Tara and Bella: the Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends by Carol Buckley

One Green Apple by Eve Bunting

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo

Dream Friends by You Byun

Where Are You Going? To See My Friends by Eric Carle and Kazuo Iwamura

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen

The Sandwich Swap by Kelly DiPucchio

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

Winifrid Gordan MacDonald Partridge by Mem Fox

A Rainbow of Friends by P.K. Hallinan

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Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff

Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway

Friends by Helme Heine

Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes

Best Friends for Frances by Russell Hoban

Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer Holland

George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends by James Marshall

We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Jane Kates, Joe Mathieu

Farfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller

Help!: A Story of Friendship by Holly Keller

Welcome Home Mouse by Elisa Kleven

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker

A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

Moon Rabbit by Natalie Russell

Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant

Little Blue Truck Board Book by Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry

My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems

Today I Will Fly by Mo Willems

Bear’s New Friend by Karma Wilson

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? by Jane Yolen

More Favorite “Friend” Books compiled by Mimi Schaffner

for Family Reading Partnership

Being Friends by Karen Beaumont Forever Friends by Carin Berger How To Be A Friend by Marc Brown How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson Gossie and Gertie by Oliver Dunrea Ribbit by Rodrigo Folgueira My Friends by Taro Gomi My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins New Friends, True Friends, Stick Like Glue Friends by Virginia Kroll Just My Friend and Me y Mercer Mayer Toodles and Teeny, A Story about Friendship by Jill Neimark My Friends and Me by Pat Thomas Where Does Your Cat Go? by EW Turner Friends Stick Together by Harriet Ziefert