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Celebrate friendship with Coretta Scott King Award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist!

Drum is worried that summer will be a bummer until Dorene, Louis, and Rae enter his life unexpectedly.



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"This accessible and well-written book has a nostalgic tone." — School Library Journal "Lively, occasionally rhyming poems celebrate the friendship of kids from different families. Fun for reading aloud." — Booklist "Idealistic and nostalgic Perfect for classroom readers’ theater or as a way for a young child to share reading with an older sibling or parent." — Horn Book Magazine "A lively tribute to children’s imagination as well as an inviting introduction to free verse." — Kirkus Reviews "Has an open accessibility, with its big print and visually inviting pages, and an upbeat warmth." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

The Friendly Four

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    A Paperback by Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist

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      Publisher Amistad Press
      Published 5 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9780060007614
      978-0060007614
      ISBN-10 0060007613

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Celebrate friendship with Coretta Scott King Award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist!

      Drum is worried that summer will be a bummer until Dorene, Louis, and Rae enter his life unexpectedly.



      Trade Review
      "This accessible and well-written book has a nostalgic tone." — School Library Journal "Lively, occasionally rhyming poems celebrate the friendship of kids from different families. Fun for reading aloud." — Booklist "Idealistic and nostalgic Perfect for classroom readers’ theater or as a way for a young child to share reading with an older sibling or parent." — Horn Book Magazine "A lively tribute to children’s imagination as well as an inviting introduction to free verse." — Kirkus Reviews "Has an open accessibility, with its big print and visually inviting pages, and an upbeat warmth." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

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