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Author Greenfield, Eloise.

Title The friendly four / Eloise Greenfield ; illustrations by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins/Amistad, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 811.54 GREENFIELD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J821 GRE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 47 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary Drummond -- Who I am -- Bummer summer -- After the baby -- Neighbors -- Drum and Dorene -- Meeting Dorene -- Race -- Tall tale -- New boy -- Drum, Dorene and Louis -- Someone -- Party -- Tall tale, too -- Going to get Rae -- Drum, Dorene, Louis and Rae -- Rae -- Promise -- Playground -- Friendly four -- Rain -- Fuss -- Punished -- When summer ends -- Let's make a town -- Here comes the truck -- We did it! -- In the town of Goodsummer -- Parade -- At the movies -- At the bank -- At school -- At the office building -- At the library -- At the pet shop -- At the concert hall -- Goodbyes -- Goodbye, Rae -- E-mail -- Goodbye to Goodsummer.
Drum: Didn't I call this summer a bummer? All: Not anymore, not anymore. Drum: I was alone, and life was lonely. All: But not anymore, Drum: 'cause we're the Friendly Four! Louis, Dorene, Rae: The Friendly Four? Drum: The Friendly Four. Meet Drum, Dorene, Louis, and Rae as they share one special summer of discovery and creative play together. Through individual poems and poems for multiple voices, these four young people explore the bonds of friendship, family, and community. With her free-verse poetry, award-winning writer Eloise Greenfield poignantly reminds us that sometimes our truest friends enter our lives when we least expect them. With inspired illustrations by renowned artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Contents Drummond -- Drum and Dorene -- Drum, Dorene and Louis -- Drum, Dorene, Louis and Rae -- In the Town of Goodsummer -- Goodbyes.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.5 0.5 109632.
Subject Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Summer -- Juvenile fiction.
Play -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Summer -- Fiction.
Play -- Fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Added Author Gilchrist, Jan Spivey, illustrator.
ISBN 0060007591 trade bdg.
9780060007591 trade bdg.
0060007605 library binding
9780060007607 library binding
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