{"product_id":"a-friend-is-a-friend-is-a-friend-who-we-are","title":"A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend (Who We Are)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne child arrives at summer camp and looks out at a crowd of strangers. Sara O'Leary's picture book asks the other campers how a friendship gets started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA picture book for ages 3 to 6 (preschool to grade 1)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated by Qin Leng\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe final book in the Who We Are trilogy, after \u003cem\u003eA Family Is a Family Is a Family\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid\u003c\/em\u003e, according to the publisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 32 pages, Groundwood Books, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kids take turns explaining how they make friends. One asks questions, another says children can be friends without speaking the same language, and others point to listening to one another's stories, common interests and small acts of kindness. The pages move from child to child in vignettes and speech bubbles while the new camper takes in each answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParents, caregivers, teachers and librarians can read it aloud before a first day at camp or school, or alongside the two earlier books in the trilogy. The answers come from the campers themselves, in their own voices. The crowd of strangers from the first page turns out to hold many ways in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author and Illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSara O'Leary's picture books include \u003cem\u003eA Family Is a Family Is a Family\u003c\/em\u003e, named one of the Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year, and \u003cem\u003eA Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid\u003c\/em\u003e, a TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist, and she has received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. Qin Leng writes and illustrates for children, including graphic novels, and her other illustrated books include \u003cem\u003eHana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin\u003c\/em\u003e by Chieri Uegaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854478819477,"sku":"NEW-ING-HB-JUV-1779460260","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_f2c789da-2579-4d72-a4e8-89e6aa1ee277.jpg?v=1787904127","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/a-friend-is-a-friend-is-a-friend-who-we-are","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}