A Splendid Friend, Indeed [Paperback]

Bear wants to read and write and think. Goose wants to talk and talk and talk. Can Bear and Goose be friends? Suzanne Bloom's picture book says volumes about friendship with a few select words and charming illustrations in this Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book . Bloom gets maximum effect with minimum words. . . . Fun to read aloud, the book will also lead to discussion about friendly (and annoying) behavior. —Booklist

* The gentle humor will elicit giggles; Goose's silly statements and Bear's patient responses beg to be read aloud. An ideal book for storytimes about friendship and sharing. —School Library Journal, starred review

* A more perfect union between giggle-inducing but reassuring images and a text of very few words is hard to conjure. —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewSuzanne Bloomis the author and illustrator of a number of books for children. She is the illustrator ofGirls: A to ZandMy Special Day at Third Street School, by Eve Bunting. She lives with her family in McDonough, New York.CN