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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

Bubble Trouble!

Benjamin Bird

Can You Feel the Noise?

Stewart Foster

Captain Pug: The Dog Who Sailed the Seas

Laura James

Cement Mixer’s ABC

Sherri Duskey Rinker

Check Mates

Stewart Foster

Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney

Elizabeth Verdick, Trevor Romain

Cooking Club Chaos!

Veera Hiranandani

Daisy and the Trouble with Christmas

Kes Gray

Daisy and the Trouble with Piggy Banks

Kes Gray

Daisy and the Trouble with Sports Day

Kes Gray

Dead Sea Squirrels 01 – Squirreled Away

Mike Nawrocki

Dear Student

Elly Swartz

Dimple and the Boo

Pip Jones

Dork Diaries 1 – Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries 11 – Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy

Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries 3 – Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries 4 – Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries 7 – Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star

Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries 8 – Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After

Rachel Renee Russell

Earth Friends 01 – Fair Fashion

Holly Webb

Earth Friends 02 – River Rescue

Holly Webb

Earth Friends 03 – Green Garden

Holly Webb

Ella on the Outside

Cath Howe

Esio Trot

Roald Dahl
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