Friends

by Geraldo Valério (Author) Geraldo Valério (Illustrator)

Friends
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

When a girl and a frog go to the beach to fish, they are frustrated to find that the fish aren't biting. Instead, they stare into the water and make faces at their reflections. Then, something spectacular happens. The reflections take on lives of their own, transforming into a mermaid with her own pet frog. Surprise gives way to delight as they invite the girl and the frog to enter a stunning underwater world. The new friends swim and play amongst colorful sea creatures until they discover a pair of glowing pearls and turn them into matching necklaces.

Readers are brought along on a joyful aquatic adventure in this third wordless picture book from Geraldo Valério. Each page is a visual treasure trove full of fish and bubbles and other underwater details. Young readers will especially enjoy following the frogs' adventures in this celebration of friendship and imagination.

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$19.95

Kirkus Reviews

Starred Review

Gentle humor and a sense of wonder pervade this joyful aquatic fantasy.

ALA/Booklist

This unexpected adventure will have readers imagining the escapades they could have.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781773061023
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication date
March 20, 2019
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV009000 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | General
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV002120 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Frogs & Toads
JUV002170 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
JUV066000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mermaids
Library of Congress categories
Human-animal relationships
Friendship
Frogs
Picture books
Imagination
Friendship in children
Imagination in children
Girls

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