My New Best Friend

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

New York Times bestselling author Julie Fogliano and Caldecott Honor winner Jillian Tamaki come together to tell a delightful story of first friendship. she is my best friend i think i never had a best friend so i’m not sure but i think she is a really good best friend because when we were drawing she drew me and i drew her. What is a best friend, if not someone who laughs with you the whole entire day, especially when you pretend to be a pickle? This pitch-perfect picture book is a sweetly earnest, visually stunning celebration of the magic of friendship.

Fourth-grader Ida May and her new best friend, Stacey Merriweather, discover a mermaid nightlight that they believe can grant wishes.

Key Selling Points In My Best Friend Is Extinct a boy discovers a strange, wounded prehistoric creature and nurses it back to health. A fun imaginative adventure story about bravery and friendship. There are more than 30 fun, evocative b/w illustrations by an award-winning illustrator. The creatures in the book are based on actual prehistoric creatures (short-nose bear and saber-tooth tiger).

“Could you put your white best friend on stage and remind them that they're part of the problem? Even if you love them? Even if you never want anyone to feel for even a moment how you feel living in this world every day? Would - could - a white person finally hear what you have to say?” Originally commissioned by The Bunker Theatre as a critically-acclaimed festival that ran in 2019, My White Best Friend collects 23 letters that engage with a range of topics, from racial tensions, microaggressions and emotional labour, to queer desire, prejudice and otherness. Expressing feelings and thoughts often stifled or ignored, the pieces here transform letter writing into a provocative act of candour. Funny, heartfelt, wry and heart-breaking, whether a letter to their younger self or an ode to the writer's tongue, this anthology of exceptional writing is always engaging and thought-provoking. Featuring different letters from some of the most exciting voices in the UK and beyond, My White Best Friend (And Other Letters Left Unsaid) includes work from: Zia Ahmed, Travis Alabanza, Fatimah Asghar, Nathan Bryon, Matilda Ibini, Jammz, Iman Qureshi, Anya Reiss, Somalia Seaton, Nina Segal, Tolani Shoneye, Lena Dunham, Inua Ellams, Rabiah Hussain, Mika Johnson, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Shireen Mula, Ash Sarkar, Jack Thorne and Joel Tan.

A deliciously dark tale of a mouse and the best friend who wants to eat him.

'Unputdownable... I just couldn't put this book down. It had me hooked all the way through.' Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars Mum-of-two Audrey only looks away from the stroller for a moment, as her daughter runs off across the park. But the next thing she knows, her baby son is rolling towards the lake. When Claire steps in to prevent disaster, Audrey is beyond grateful. She can't imagine what would have happened if Claire hadn't been there that day. As Claire and Audrey grow closer, Audrey couldn't ask for more from her new best friend. But when tragedy strikes for a second time, Audrey discovers that Claire wasn't who she thought she was... and now it's far too late... A totally addictive and page-turning psychological thriller with a breath-taking twist. Fans of K.L. Slater, Shalini Boland and Sue Watson will be gripped from the very first page. Readers and authors are gripped by Her New Best Friend: 'Once I started reading I couldn't stop... impossible to put down... Catches you from the first page and keeps the exciting nerve jangling, controlling reading right up to the very end!' Reader review, 5 stars 'Gripping... It had me reading late into the night' Reader review, 5 stars 'Incredible... Just when you think you know what's going to happen next... !' Reader review, 5 stars 'A twisty and pacey thriller' Philippa East, author of Little White Lies 'A twisty look at obsession and motherhood. You're in for a treat!' Louise Mumford, author of Sleepless 'Full of twists and turns and I found myself unable to put it down' Reader review, 5 stars