Open Court

 

Grade 4

 

Friendship

 

              

 

158 Nay                      

           Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.  Getting along with your friends.

                Nashville : Abingdon, 1980.  A self-help approach to making

                and getting along with friends, exploring the purpose of

                friendship, understanding the feelings and behavior of

                oneself and others, and changing one's behavior.

 

177 Rog                      

           Rogers, Fred.  Making friends.  New York : Putnam, c1987.

                Explains what it means to be friends and some of the easy

                and difficult aspects of friendship.

 

398.2 Lob                    

           Lobel, Anita.  A birthday for the princess.  [1st ed.].  New

                York, : Harper & Row, [1973].  Although the king and queen

                give her a big birthday party, nobody except a young organ

                grinder and his monkey really cares whether the princess is

                enjoying herself.

 

599 Les                       

           Leslie-Melville, Betty.  Walter Warthog.  1st ed.  New York :

                Doubleday, c1989.  Describes how the author and her family

                established a friendship with a wart hog at their home

                outside of Nairobi and how the relationship continued for

                eight years, embracing the hog's offspring.

 

811 Gri                      

           Grimes, Nikki.  My man Blue : poems.  1st ed.  New York : Dial

                Books for Young Readers, c1999.  A collection of poems

                describes a young boy's life with his working mother as he

                establishes his own identity and develops a close

                relationship with his mother's friend, Blue.

 

AV Kit                       

           George and Martha one fine day/ book & cassette.

 

B Car                        

           Gleiter, Jan, 1947-.  Kit Carson.  Austin : Raintree

                Steck-Vaughn, c1995.  A biography of Kit Carson highlighting

                his friendship with Native Americans and his work as a guide

                for John C. Fremont.

 

B Rob                        

           Golenbock, Peter, 1946-.  Teammates.  San Diego : Harcourt Brace,

                c1990.  Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie

                Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the

                first African-American player in Major League baseball and

                depicts the acceptance and support he received from his

                white teammate Pee Wee Reese.

 

BIL Hmo E Pfi                

           Pfister, Marcus.  The rainbow fish : Tus ntses leesbo.  Bilingual

                ed.  Union City, Calif. : Pan Asian Publications, c1995.

                The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the

                real value of personal beauty and friendship.

 

E Asc                        

           Asch, Frank.  Moongame.  New York : Simon & Schuster Books for

                Young Readers, 1988, c1984.  During a game of hide-and-seek,

                Moon hides behind a cloud, leaving his friend Bear very

                worried.

 

E Bon                        

           Bonsall, Crosby Newell, 1921-.  Mine's the best,.  [1st ed.].

                New York, : Harper & Row, [1973].  Two little boys meet at

                the beach, each sure that his balloon is better.

 

E Bra                        

           Brandenberg, Franz.  Nice new neighbors.  New York : Greenwillow

                Books, c1977.  The Fieldmouse children find a way to make

                new friends when they move to a new house.

 

E Bre                        

           Brett, Jan, 1949-.  Annie and the wild animals.  Boston :

                Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.  When Annie's cat disappears,

                she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable

                woodland animals, but with the emergence of Spring,

                everything comes right.

 

E Bri                        

           Bridwell, Norman.  Clifford makes a friend.  New York :

                Scholastic, c1998.  Because Clifford, the big red dog,

                imitates everything the boy does, he quickly makes a friend.

 

E Bro                        

           Brown, Marc Tolon.  The cloud over Clarence.  1st ed.  New York :

                Dutton, c1979.  A special birthday present helps Clarence

                rid his days of accidents and forgetfulness.

 

E Chr                        

           Christian, Mary Blount.  Penrod's pants.  1st American ed.  New

                York : Macmillan.  Despite Penrod Porcupine's sometimes

                exasperating behavior, he and Griswold Bear remain good

                friends.

 

E Cle                        

           Clements, Andrew, 1949-.  Big Al.  New York, N.Y. : Simon &

                Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1988.  A big, ugly fish

                has trouble making the friends he longs for because of his

                appearance--until the day his scary appearance saves them

                all from a fisherman's net.

 

E Cov                        

           Coville, Bruce.  Sarah's unicorn.  New York : Lippincott, c1979.

                Although she tries to keep her friendship with Oakhorn a

                secret, Sarah's wicked aunt finds out and is determined to

                rob the unicorn of his magic.

 

E Cri                        

           Crimi, Carolyn.  Don't need friends.  New York : A Doubleday Book

                for Young Readers, c1999.  After his best friend moves away,

                Rat rudely rebuffs the efforts of the other residents of the

                junkyard to be friendly.

 

E Cri                        

           Cristaldi, Kathryn.  Samantha the snob.  New York : Random House,

                c1994.  A young girl resents her new rich classmate until

                she gets to know her.

 

E deP                        

           De Paola, Tomie.  Four stories for four seasons.  Englewood

                Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1977.  Four friends--a cat,

                dog, pig, and frog--share the delights of each season.

 

E Eas                        

           Eastman, P. D. (Philip D.).  Big dog ... little dog; : a bedtime

                story.  New York, : Random House, [1973].  Two dogs are

                opposite in every way but are the very best of friends.

 

E Ell                        

           Ellis, Anne Leo.  Dabble duck.  1st ed.  New York, N.Y. : Harper

                & Row, c1984.  A lonesome pet duck finally solves her own

                problem by befriending a bedraggled dog.

 

E Gac                         

           Gackenbach, Dick,.  What's Claude doing?  New York : Clarion

                Books, c1984.  A dog refuses all the neighborhood pets'

                invitations to come out to play, not admitting that he's

                generously keeping his sick master company.

 

E Gif                        

           Giff, Patricia Reilly.  Happy birthday, Ronald Morgan!  New York,

                N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1988, c1986.  Ronald, worried

                about losing his best friend, thinks his birthday is going

                to come too late for a class party, but he may be in for a

                surprise.

 

E Hei                        

           Heide, Florence Parry.  That's what friends are for,.  New York,

                : Four Winds Press, [1968].  All the elephant's friends give

                him advice, but none can solve his problem until the opossum

                announces friends are to help, not just to give advice.

 

E Hei                         

           Heine, Helme.  Friends.  1st American ed.  New York : Atheneum,

                1982.  Three friends who love to be together come to the

                realization that sometimes it's just not possible.

 

E Hen                         

           Henry, Marguerite, 1902-.  The little fellow.  Chicago : Rand

                McNally, 1975.  In the first spring of his life, a little

                colt learns about jealousy and friendship.

 

E Hen                         

           Henkes, Kevin.  Chester's way.  1st ed.  New York : Greenwillow

                Books, c1988.  Chester and Wilson share the same exact way

                of doing things, until Lilly moves into the neighborhood and

                shows them that new ways can be just as good.

 

E Hil                        

           Hillert, Margaret.  A friend for dear dragon.  Columbus, OH :

                Modern Curriculum Press, c1985.  A boy and his pet dragon

                make friends with their new neighbors, a girl, and her

                unicorn.

 

E Hob                        

           Hoban, Russell.  A bargain for Frances.  Newly illustrated ed.

                [New York, N.Y.] : HarperCollins, c1992.  Frances foils

                Thelma's plot to trick her out of a new china set.

 

E How                        

           Howe, James, 1946-.  I wish I were a butterfly.  1st ed.  San

                Diego : Harcourt Brace & Company, c1987.  A wise spider

                helps a despondent cricket realize that he is special in his

                own way.

 

E How                        

           Howe, James, 1946-.  Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores.  1st

                ed.  New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1999.

                Three mice friends learn that the best clubs include

                everyone.

 

E Hut                        

           Hutchins, Pat, 1942-.  The doorbell rang.  1st ed.  New York :

                Greenwillow Books, c1986.  Each time the doorbell rings,

                there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful

                cookies.

 

E Hut                        

           Hutchins, Pat, 1942-.  My best friend.  1st ed.  New York :

                Greenwillow Books, c1993.  Despite differences in abilities,

                two little girls appreciate each other and are "best

                friends.".

 

E Lex                        

           Lexau, Joan M.  Don't be my valentine.  New York, N.Y. :

                HarperCollins, c1985.  Sam's mean valentine for Amy Lou goes

                astray at school and almost ruins the day for him and his

                friends.

 

E Lob                        

           Lobel, Arnold.  Frog and toad all year.  New York :

                HarperCollins, c1976.  Two friends share experiences in each

                season of the year.

 

E Lob                        

           Lobel, Arnold.  Frog and toad together.

 

E Lob                        

           Lobel, Arnold.  Frog and Toad are friends.  New York :

                HarperCollins, c1970.  Five tales recounting the adventures

                of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

 

E Mar                         

           Marshall, James, 1942-.  George and Martha.  Boston : Houghton

                Mifflin, c2000.  Relates several episodes in the friendship

                of two hippopotamuses.

 

E Mar                        

           Marshall, James, 1942-.  George and Martha, tons of fun.  Boston

                : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1980.  The misunderstanding.--The

                sweet tooth.--The photograph.--The hypnotist.--The special

                gift.  Five brief episodes reveal the ups and downs of a

                great friendship.

 

E Min                        

           Minarik, Else Holmelund.  Little Bear's friend.  New York :

                Harper & Row, 1960.  Little Bear makes friends with a little

                girl and introduces her to his friends Owl, Hen, Cat, and

                Duck with ducklings.

 

E Nol                        

           Nolen, Jerdine.  Raising dragons.  1st ed.  San Diego : Silver

                Whistle, c1998.  A farmer's young daughter shares numerous

                adventures with the dragon that she raises from infancy.

 

E Pfi                        

           Pfister, Marcus.  The rainbow fish.  New York : North-South

                Books, 1992.  The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean

                discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.

 

E Pol                        

           Polacco, Patricia.  Pink and Say.  New York : Philomel Books,

                c1994.  Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee,

                a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by

                Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's

                great-great-grandfather.

 

E Qua                         

           Quackenbush, Robert M.  Chuck lends a paw.  New York : Clarion

                Books, c1986.  Chuck Mouse helps his friend, Maxine, move a

                tall chest of drawers with disastrous results.

 

E Ras                         

           Raschka, Christopher,.  Yo! Yes?  New York : Orchard Books,

                c1993.  Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet

                on the street and become friends.

 

E Rat                        

           Rathmann, Peggy.  Officer Buckle and Gloria.  New York :

                Putnam's, c1995.  The children at Napville Elementary School

                always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police

                dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety

                speeches.

 

E Rod                        

           Roddie, Shen.  Too close friends.  1st ed.  New York : Dial Books

                for Young Readers, c1998.  Hippo and his neighbor Pig are

                very good friends until Hippo trims the hedge between their

                two houses.

 

E Roh                        

           Rohmann, Eric.  My friend Rabbit.  1st ed.  Brookfield, Conn. :

                Roaring Brook Press, c2002.  Something always seems to go

                wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with

                his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.

 

E Ros                        

           Ross, Tony.  A fairy tale.  1st U.S. ed.  Boston : Little, Brown,

                c1991.  Young Bessie doesn't have much reason to believe in

                fairies until she meets her strange and wonderful neighbor,

                Mrs. Leaf.

 

E Sch                        

           Schulman, Janet.  The great big dummy.  1st ed.  New York :

                Greenwillow books, c1979.  When Anna's friends can't play

                with her she creates a playmate of her own.

 

E Sha                        

           Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman.  I'm not Oscar's friend anymore.  1st

                ed.  New York : Dutton, [1975].  Oscar's "former friend"

                relates all the reasons they aren't friends anymore.

 

E Ste                        

           Stevenson, James, 1929-.  Fast friends : two stories.  1st ed.

                New York : Greenwillow Books, c1979.  Murray and

                Fred.--Thomas and Clem.  In the first of two easy-to-read

                stories a turtle and a snail make some friends with the help

                of a skateboard. In the second a mouse and a snail learn,

                through trial and error, how to be friends.

 

E Ste                        

           Stevenson, James, 1929-.  No friends.  1st ed.  New York :

                Greenwillow, c1986.  Worried that they won't make friends in

                their new neighborhood, Mary Ann and Louie listen to Grandpa

                reminisce about the new friends he and his brother made when

                he moved to another neighborhood.

 

E Ste                        

           Steptoe, John, 1950-.  Stevie.  New York, : Harper & Row, [1969].

                Robert wishes Stevie, a house guest, would go away but when

                he does Robert realizes how much fun they had together.

 

E Sur                        

           Surat, Michele Maria.  Angel child, dragon child.  Milwaukee :

                Raintree Publishers, 1983.  Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending

                school in the United States, lonely for her mother left

                behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents her with

                a wonderful gift.

 

E Vio                        

           Viorst, Judith.  Rosie and Michael.

 

E War                        

           Warnes, Tim.  Can't you sleep, Dotty?  1st US ed.  Wilton, CT :

                Tiger Tales, 2001.  Frustrated because she can't fall asleep

                in her new home Dotty howls and wakes the neighbors, who

                suggest counting the stars and other actions until, finally,

                they find the solution together.

 

E Wit                        

           Wittman, Sally.  Plenty of Pelly and Peak.  1st ed.  New York :

                Harper & Row, c1980.  Pelican and peacock friends share four

                more adventures including losing a kite and finding a

                birthday.

 

E Wol                        

           Wolkstein, Diane.  Little Mouse's painting.  New York : Morrow

                Junior Books, c1992.  Little Mouse creates a painting which

                looks like three different things to her three friends, all

                of whom find themselves in it.

 

E Woo                        

           Wood, Audrey.  Silly Sally.  1st ed.  San Diego : Harcourt Brace

                Jovanovich, c1992.  A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who

                makes many friends as she travels to town--backward and

                upside down.

 

E Woo                        

           Woodson, Jacqueline.  The other side.  New York : G.P. Putnam's

                Sons, c2001.  Two girls, one white and one African-American,

                gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence

                that divides their town.

 

E Yee                        

           Yee, Patrick.  Winter rabbit.  1st American ed.  New York :

                Viking, 1994.

 

F Bak                        

           Baker, Barbara, 1947-.  Third grade is terrible.  New York : E.P.

                Dutton, c1989.  Liza is convinced third grade is going to be

                great until she gets to school that first day and everything

                starts going wrong.

 

F Bro                         

           Brown, Marc Tolon.  Arthur makes the team.  Boston :

                Little,Brown, c1998.  Arthur is thrilled to make the Little

                League baseball team with all his friends, but worries he

                won't be able to play as well as the others.

 

F Bya                        

           Byars, Betsy Cromer.  The seven treasure hunts.  1st ed.  New

                York, NY : HarperCollins, c1991.  Two boys make up a series

                of treasure hunts for each other , with disastrous and

                hilarious results.

 

F Cam                        

           Cameron, Ann, 1943-.  Stories Julian tells.  New York : a

                Yearling Book, 2001, c1981.  Relates episodes in

                seven-year-old Julian's life which include what he did to

                his fig tree, his strange meeting with the spice lady, and a

                late night trip with his father and younger brother.

 

F Dan                        

           Dana, Barbara.  Zucchini.  1st ed.  New York : Harper & Row,

                c1982.  A painfully shy young boy befriends a homeless baby

                ferret and gets as much comfort as he gives.

 

F Her                        

           Hermes, Patricia.  Kevin Corbett eats flies.  1st ed.  San Diego

                : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.  Kevin and his friend

                Bailey conspire to prevent Kevin's father from moving

                himself and Kevin once again.

 

F Juk                        

           Jukes, Mavis.  Like Jake and me.  New York, NY : Knopf :

                Distributed by Random House, c1984.  Alex feels that he does

                not have much in common with his stepfather Jake until a

                fuzzy spider brings them together.

 

F Kee                        

           Keeton, Elizabeth B.  Second-best friend.  New York : Atheneum,

                1985.  Having lost all her clothes in a cyclone, Vanessa

                borrows a dress from a friendless girl to wear to the

                seventh grade dance, not knowing the borrowed dress is

                stolen.

 

F Moo                        

           Moore, Lilian.  I'll meet you at the cucumbers.  1st ed.  New

                York : Atheneum, 1988.  Adam and Junius, two country mice,

                go for a visit to the city, where Adam despairs when his

                dear friend admits he might like to stay.

 

F Sil                        

           Silverstein, Shel.  The giving tree.  New York, : Harper & Row,

                [1964].  A young boy grows to manhood and old age

                experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives

                to him without thought of return.

 

F Smi                        

           Smith, Doris Buchanan.  A taste of blackberries.  1st Harper

                Trophy ed.  New York : HarperTrophy, 1988, c1973.  A young

                boy recounts his efforts to adjust to the accidental death

                of his best friend.

 

PB e                         

           De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.  May I bring a friend?  [1st ed.].

                New York, : Atheneum, 1964.  A well-mannered little boy has

                permission to bring his animal friends to visit the king and

                queen.

 

PB e                         

           Dugan, Barbara.  Loop the loop.  New York : Puffin, 1993.  A

                young girl and an old woman form a friendship that lasts

                even after the woman enters a nursing home.

 

PB e                         

           Hoff, Syd, 1912-.  Who will be my friends?  New York, : Harper,

                [1960].

 

PB e                         

           Brown, Marc Tolon.  Arthur and the true Francine.  Boston :

                Little, Brown, c1996.  Francine and Muffy are good friends

                until Muffy lets Francine take the blame for cheating on a

                test.

 

PB e                          

           DeRubertis, Barbara.  Penny hen.  New York : Kane Press, 1997.

                Penny Hen, content to be Jenny's only pet, is jealous when

                Jenny says she is going to buy two more hens, but she

                changes her mind when she realizes that life as an only hen

                could get lonely.

 

PB e                         

           DeRubertis, Barbara.  Patty cat.  New York : Kane Press, c1997.

                Patty Cat and her pal Hal are angry when Max the Rat steals

                their baseball bat, but when they offer to let Max play too,

                he returns the bat and shares a treat.

 

PB e                         

           Asch, Frank.  Bear's bargain.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J. :

                Prentice-Hall, c1985.  Bear and Little Bird try to help each

                other achieve impossible ambitions.

 

PB e                         

           Havill, Juanita.  Jamaica and Brianna.  Boston : Houghton

                Mifflin, c1993.  Jamaica hates wearing hand-me-down boots

                when her friend Brianna has pink fuzzy ones.

 

PB f                         

           Langton, Jane.  The fledgling.  1st ed.  New York : Harper & Row,

                c1980.  Georgie's fondest hope, to be able to fly, is

                fleetingly fulfilled when she is befriended by a Canada

                goose.

 

PB f                         

           White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-.  Charlotte's web.  New York :

                HarperCollins, c1980.  Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he

                discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas

                dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help

                him.

 

PB f                         

           Wilson, Nancy Hope.  Bringing Nettie back.  1st ed.  New York :

                Toronto : New York : Macmillan ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ;

                Maxwell Macmillan International, [1992].  Eleven-year-old

                Clara's life is enriched by her friendship with the vibrant

                Nettie, whose family is so different from her own, but then

                a serious brain condition threatens to change Nettie

                forever.

 

PB f                         

           Spinelli, Jerry.  Fourth grade rats.  New York : Scholastic,

                c1991.  Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't

                have to be a tough guy, a "rat," to be a grown up fourth

                grader.

 

VC                           

           Friendship.