As a kid, I would always get upset when it was time to leave my friends at the playground, until my parents pointed out to me one day that I also had lots of friends at home…and they all lived in my favorite books.
Today on OOM we’re celebrating National Best Friends Day—whether you have little ones in their first stages of friendship, grade-school kids who are glued to their best pal or a teenager learning the importance of having a friend—these books celebrate friendships of all stages and ages.
Best Friends Pretend!
By Linda Leopold Strauss, Lynn Munsinger
Best Friends Pretend is the perfect board book for little ones who are beginning to read on their own and who are ready to use their imaginations. This story is a just right for little girls and their best friends. Join two best friends as they fly in space, swim with dolphins, and explore exotic jungles far from home. Linda Leopold Strauss’ rhyming verses are paired with bestselling illustrator Lynn Munsinger’s colorful watercolor images to give little girls everywhere a read-aloud story that will remind them of their own games of pretend and maybe even give them a few ideas.
Wicked Cool Friendship Bracelets
By Karen Phillips
A book of friendship bracelets with a bit of edgy attitude. Learn how to make bracelets with names like Bitten, Cobweb, and Snake Charmer using the included supplies—beads, cord, and charms in a moody palette of black, purple, red, and silver. Whimsical artwork and step-by-step directions make this book equal parts cute, creepy, and satisfyingly simple. And the bracelets are so stylish it’s spooky.
The Baby-Sitters Club #1: Kristy’s Great Idea
By Ann M. Martin
The best friends you’ll ever find are the characters from The Baby-Sitters Club. When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club—a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do—she has no idea how much the club will change everything. Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients . . . running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, are sure they can handle anything. But only if they stick together . . .
Better Off Friends
By Elizabeth Eulberg
When Levi moves to Wisconsin from California and meets Macallan, it’s friends at first sight. They hang out after school and share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and Levi even starts dating one of Macallan’s friends. They are platonic and happy that way. Eventually they realize they’re best friends—which wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t keep getting in each other’s way. Guys won’t ask Macallan out because they think she’s with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can’t help but wonder...are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated?
What is your favorite friendship-themed book?
