Will You Be My Friend?
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks Animal Stories Personal & Social Issues: Self-Awareness & Self-Esteem
From award-winning picture book funny-man Russell Ayto comes this laugh-out-loud tale of friendship and acceptance.
Bush Baby is so lonely – nobody wants to be her friend. Giraffe thinks she’s too small. She’s not pink enough for Flamingo. Lion, however, thinks she is just right to be his friend. And he’d never be so rude as to eat a friend. Is Bush Baby very brave, very foolish, or just very, very lonely?
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Creators
Russell Ayto was born in Chichester, Sussex and brought up in Oxfordshire. The thing he loves best is the chance to be creative and use his imagination to make characters come to life. He has illustrated many picture books and been shortlisted for the Nestle Award, the Mother Goose Award and the Blue Peter Book Awards, and won the 2008 inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Reviews
Young listeners will be charmed by Bush Baby’s big, sad eyes (even if they don’t recognize the primate), and many will identify with their search for companionship. A fine friendship fable with a funny close
Kirkus Reviews
