A Better Best Friend

By: Olivier Tallec, Antony Shugaar (Translator)

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Hardcover | 5 March 2024

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Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
3 - 6

Dimensions(cm)
28.8 x 20.8 x 0.8

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A feel-good picture book about best friendship told with dry comedy and an open ending—squirrel and mushroom are best friends until another best friend (a fly) comes to play.

âThis morning when I was out walking, I found a best friend. At least I think so. It certainly looks a lot like it! He really has a best friend kind of face.â

In this comedic picture book exploring a forever childhood question about friendship, squirrel and a mushroom explore the forest through the seasons, show each other special trees, build snow mushrooms, share the good times and bad—which become good bad times alongside a friend.

Then spring arrives, and so does a new friend. And then another. This raises a profound question for an overthinking squirrel: should we have just one best friend?

After much drama, Squirrel doesn't find an answer—the friends keep coming—and he ends the book with at least three better best friends.

"This book is adorable!" Youth Services Book Review, starred review.

"Without shying away from the difficult-to-manage emotions of older siblings when a baby joins the family, this picture book sensitively portrays a child’s mixed feelings, which gradually, convincingly shift toward contentment." Booklist

Industry Reviews

"The illustrations are endearingly simple and humorous...a perfect addition to a friend-themed story time."

-- Youth Services Book Review, starred review

"Olivier Tallec can do no wrong."

-- Betsy Bird, Fuse 8

"The idea of finding a friend will resonate with many children, and Squirrel's first-person narrative reads aloud well."

-- Booklist, US

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