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  • The Friendship Surprise (Before We Sleep #2)

The Friendship Surprise
(Before We Sleep #2)

Author
Giorgio Volpe
Illustrator
Paolo Proietti
Publication Date
March 29, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
The Friendship Surprise (Before We Sleep #2)
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Description
It is spring and Little Red fox is excited to be reunited with his best friend, Hazel, a dormouse who will shortly wake from a long sleep. But over the winter, the fox has made another friend, Brock the badger. Little Red decides revealing the new friendship is not the surprise Hazel will want to wake to, so he delays bringing it up as they resume their games. Bu the fox needs to find a way to introduce the friends while maintaining the special friendship with Hazel he holds so dear. Eventually the dilemma is resolved, but not without a surprise or two along the way. This book continues the friendship story told in the companion title Before We Sleep, also by Volpe and Proietti, although it may be read and appreciated completely on its own.
Publication date
March 29, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781636550282
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Series
Before We Sleep
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV002110 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Foxes
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Picture books
Hibernation
Foxes
Badgers
Animal fiction
Dormice

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3—Friendship is a complicated concept, and kids may need support in knowing how to develop and establish this relationship. Volpe takes on this task in a charming book that teaches children that having more than one close friend is okay and maybe, their friends can become friends with each other, too. Little Red the fox is best friends with Hazel the dormouse. When Little Red befriends Brock the badger, he worries that it will ruin his friendship with Hazel. Little Red begins acting strangely as they try to navigate both friendships. The illustrations are pure delight, sharply colored, and full of nature. The language and word choice is easy for kids to understand, but sophisticated in portraying the complexities of friendships, new and old. VERDICT This sweet, colorful, engaging picture book uses charismatic animals to explore friendship, and it's ideal for SEL shelves.—Tracey Hodges

Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Giorgio Volpe

Author Giorgio Volpe and illustrator Paolo Proietti have collaborated on three previous picture books including Before We Sleep which features two of the three characters in this new title. Before We Sleep was their first book to be published in English and it received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Giorgio is a an actor, playwright and children's book author. Paolo is a graduate of the International School of Comics in Rome. In 2016 he was awarded a Scarpetta d'Oro, the prestigious international award for children's book illustration. Giorgio Volpe and Paolo Proietti both live and work in Rome, Italy.


Translator, Angus Yuen-Killick is the founder and publisher of Red Comet Press. Originally from the UK, he lived in Rome in the 1980s. He now lives and works in brownstone Brooklyn, NY.

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