Everyone Needs a Friend

Animal friends help one another do chores, swing on swings, share an umbrella, and fly a kite in this sweet celebration of friends-til-the-end.

Publishers Weekly

This heart-shaped book uses simple phrases to celebrate friendship. A sand-colored bunny pushes a striped kitty on a pink and purple swing ("A friend for play"), while a purple panda sits, unhappy, with a little mouse at his side ("A friend who stays when you are sad"). Readers exploring new friendships will readily grasp the basics of what they're all about. Available simultaneously: Everyone Needs a Kiss; Everyone Needs a Hug; and Everyone Needs Love. Up to age 3. (Mar.)

Sophie Piper is the author of numerous books for children, including The Angel and the Dove, An Arkful of Animal Prayers, The Lion Book of Prayers to Read & Know, The Lion Read & Know Bible, and Thinking of Heaven. She previously collaborated with Caroline Williams on Blessings for a Baby Boy and Blessings for a Baby Girl.