Geneviève Côté
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In the tradition of fun cumulative stories like The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, this joyful story shows how helping someone in need can sometimes fulfill needs of our own.
When Spider meets Shrew, they are both down on their luck. Spider's web has blown away, and Shrew's home has just been paved over. What happens when they decide to help each other out? They meet Bat, who is lonely for friends. Then they meet Possum,...
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A surprising friendship
Do you ever feel like you've somehow lost your true best friend? Minn feels this way. So does Jake. But, Minn and Jake have no intention of being friends. Minn's a string bean. Jake's a shrimp. Minn's a girl. Jake's a boy. And, in fifth grade, who wants a best friend of the opposite sex? But, Minn and Jake are forced together by circumstances, which only strengthen their resistance...until Minn takes Jake lizard hunting. There...
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There are a few things / about your best friend
that you can only learn / when you see where he's from.
Minn knew / that Jake was from the city.
But she didn't know / that his grandmother was Korean.
That he liked taking bubble baths. / That his brother, Soup,
might be an eating champion. / That Jake was a cheater,
and that he had a ... / girlfriend?
There are some things / about your best friend
that it's better not / to know.
Bouncing free...