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Hand-picked Friendship Books for Children

First friendships, falling-outs, making-ups. The social weather of school years.

304 friendship books

All the Way Down

Stewart Foster

American Girl – Luciana

Erin Teagan

American Girl – Luciana: Out of This World

Erin Teagan

American Girl – The Real Z

Jen Calonita

Angela Nicely 1 – Angela Nicely

Alan MacDonald

Angela Nicely 3 – Superstar!

Alan MacDonald

Angela Nicely 6 – Starstruck!

Alan MacDonald

Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies

Pamela Butchart

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

R. J. Palacio

Bad Dad

David Walliams

Bad Girls

Jacqueline Wilson

Ballet Stars

Joan Holub

Bambi: The Winter Trail

Annie Auerbach

Beezus and Ramona

Beverly Cleary

Bella Broomstick

Lou Kuenzler

Best Wishes

Sarah Mlynowski

Bibble and the Bubbles

Alice Hemming

Big Foot and Little Foot – The Monster Detector

Ellen Potter

Billie B Brown 21 – The Grumpy Neighbour

Sally Rippin

Billie B Brown 22 – The Hat Parade

Sally Rippin

Billie B Brown 25 – The Best Day Ever

Sally Rippin

Billionaire Boy

David Walliams

Boo’s Dinosaur

Betsy Byars

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson
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