Be Your Own Best Friend Forever

Be Your Own Best Friend FOREVER! is packed with inspiring tips for any girl who doubts herself or is the subject of exclusion or body shaming. Jayla, the confident young person sharing her advice, takes pride in being African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latina. She steers readers away from negative self-talk with proven strategies. If kids are mean to you, make new friends. If a TV program tells you to change how you look, change the channel! Replace negative talk with positive talk the Jayla way by rejecting the voice of self-doubt and self-hate with the voice of self-love and light. With engaging illustrations and Jayla’s great facial expressions, the reader will come to realize that once she believes in herself, she will always have a best friend!

A young girl reveals how she can be a best friend to herself, providing encouragement, patience, and acceptance.

Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed,In Her Shoes and the forthcoming Who DoYou Love, explores the nuances of female friendship with relish... Addie Downs and Valerie Adler were eight when they first met and decided to be best friends forever. But, in the wake of tragedy and betrayal during their teenage years, everything changed. Val went on to fame and fortune. Addie stayed behind in their small Midwestern town. Destiny, however, had more in store for these two. And when, twenty-five years later, Val shows up at Addie's front door with blood on her coat and terror on her face, it is the start of a wild adventure for two women joined by love and history who find strength together that they could not find alone.

Our world has diluted the meaning of friendship, but the reality is, there's nothing like the sustaining strength of true-blue, forever friends. Still, many people are convinced that they'll never find such lifelong connectionsâ??or that they don't need them. In this encouraging book, best-selling author and psychologist John Townsend delivers hope and help for making these relationships a realityâ??and for making them even better if you've already got a "bestie.῿ His eight principles for building the very best kind of friendship, along with his shared experiences within his own friendships (including mistakes he's made), will move every reader to aspire to deeper connections and to stay the course when challenges arise. Townsend's simple but profound concepts are sure to transform readers' relationships and keep them from missing out on one of life's greatest and most essential joys: the joy of having a best friend.

Meet Lucy! Smart, sassy and super-stylish, she's a stand-up babe with a passion for fashion.Lucy and her best friends forever (BFF) have been given the task of organizing the school disco, and they're determined to make it more exciting than the usual snooze-fest. Then Lucy gets the idea of turning it into a glam High School Prom, complete with ballroom dancing, red-carpet dresses and voting for a Prom King and Queen. But with all her time taken up by organization and keeping strict Mr. Cain from ruining everything, Lucy's left it too late to find herself a date! These diary-style books, crammed full of secrets, notes, gossipy detail and hilarious illustrations, reveal the juicy details of Lucy Jessica Hartley's life as a teenager. Girls everywhere will identify with Lucy's bra-size embarrassment, star-struck swoonings, teacher troubles and best friend dilemmas.

This sweet celebration of friendship is perfect for children or adults of all ages. Perfect for gift-giving and also features a glittered cover. Having all kinds of friends is special! Some friends make you laugh, while some give good advice; others know the right thing to say, and still others are the best with whom to have daring adventures. But best friends are the most special of all! A sweet celebration of best friends everywhere.

Friends Are Friends, Forever is a picture book based on the author's own immigration story, the infinite impact of friendship, and passing on love and kindness around the world. On a snowy Lunar New Year’s Eve in Northeastern China, it’s Dandan’s last night with Yueyue. Tomorrow, she moves to America. The two best friends have a favorite wintertime tradition: crafting paper-cut snowflakes, freezing them outside, and hanging them as ornaments. As they say goodbye, Yueyue presses red paper and a spool of thread into Dandan’s hands so that she can carry on their tradition. But in her new home, Dandan has no one to enjoy the gift with—until a friend comes along.

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