by Mingh Le
Illustrated by Raissa Figueroa
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Random House Kids
2023
40 pages
ISBN: 9780593377499
Sometimes your first friend is imaginary to everyone. Everyone but you, that is. A first friend laughs with you, is brave with you, is there for you and that makes them real. A young girl loves her first friend who is her constant companion until one day, her friend is not there. She looks for her friend everywhere and is sad without them.
After time, she begins to make new friends who laugh with her and are brave with her, but that cannot erase her first, beloved friend: her friend is real to her.
A beautiful book about a child who dreams and laughs and thinks. A child who is an introvert and who may not feel like she belongs. Her "friend" fills the void in her life, and no one can convince her that her friend is not real. Simply a lovely book full of heart and hopefulness.
Highly recommended for all young readers.
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