{"product_id":"will-you-be-my-friend-isbn-9781536233407","title":"Will You Be My Friend?","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A tender child-caregiver relationship—which hasn’t lost a bit of its appealing intimacy in the more than twenty-five years since its first appearance.\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eReaders are likely to love it to the moon and back.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Nutbrown Hare is out exploring on his own. Off he hops, along the path and through the grass, until he reaches Cloudy Mountain, where something extraordinary happens: he discovers a new friend. Now the fun can really begin! A quarter-century after we met the Nutbrown Hares, this enchanting tale about friendship from legendary duo Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram is capturing the hearts of \u003ci\u003eGuess How Much I Love You \u003c\/i\u003efans—and everyone else—the world over.Jeram’s spacious, pale-toned, naturalistic outdoor scenes create \u003cb\u003ea properly idyllic setting \u003c\/b\u003efor this cozy development in a tender child-caregiver relationship—which hasn’t lost a bit of its appealing intimacy in the more than 25 years since its first appearance. As in the first, Big Nutbrown Hare is ungendered, facilitating pleasingly flexible readings. Readers are likely to love it to the moon and back.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-five years after publishing evergreen bestseller \u003ci\u003eGuess How Much I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e, the collaborators offer a similarly \u003cb\u003eresonant \u003c\/b\u003esequel in which Little Nutbrown Hare goes exploring alone when Big Nutbrown Hare is preoccupied...McBratney’s strategically spare narrative leaves ample space for children to personalize the tale, whose affecting affirmation of independence and friendship plays out with corresponding authenticity in Jeram’s airy ink and watercolor paintings.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecommended for purchase, this is\u003cb\u003e a loving portrayal of a young child’s growing independence\u003c\/b\u003e and the absolute bliss of finding a new friend.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal\u003cb\u003eSam McBratney \u003c\/b\u003e(1943-2020) is the author of the internationally best-selling classic \u003ci\u003eGuess How Much I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eWill You Be My Friend?\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eAll My Favorites, \u003c\/i\u003eall illustrated by Anita Jeram. He also wrote \u003ci\u003eJust You and Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThere, There\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth illustrated by Ivan Bates, and \u003ci\u003eMindi and the Goose No One Else Could See\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Linda Ólafsdóttir,among many other books for children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnita Jeram \u003c\/b\u003eis the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eGuess How Much I Love You \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYou’re All My Favorites\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth written by Sam McBratney. She lives in Northern Ireland.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233859252453,"sku":"NP9781536233407","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536233407_ed0bef23-79e7-4f66-befa-ee19514d5d85.jpg?v=1767744341","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/will-you-be-my-friend-isbn-9781536233407","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}