Year of the Book
Basic Information:
Illustrator: Abigail Halpin
Publication Year: May 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Picture Book
Grades: 2nd to 6th
ISBN-10: 0547684630
ISBN-13: 9780547684635
About the Book:
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.
When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world.
Books, however, can’t tell Anna how to find a true friend. She’ll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes’ One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.
