Friends

by Mies Van Hout (Author)

Friends
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Back in print at last! Award-winning author-illustrator Mies Van Hout celebrates the fun (and sometimes bumpy) stages of friendship as monster friends play, fight, and reconcile.

Set against Mies van Hout's iconic black backgrounds and utilizing the same vibrant pastel style of the internationally bestselling Happy, each spread of Friends shows a pair of childlike monsters portraying a single verb, from play to tease to fight, reconcile, and cuddle.

Originally published in 2013, this critically acclaimed picture book is both a beautiful art book and a valuable tool for social-emotional learning. Carefully crafted "monster" characters express an emotional depth that is visually stunning and relatable to children and adults alike. This new, high-value edition of Friends features extra-heavy pages that, like the truest friendship, will stand the test of time and repeated readings.

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School Library Journal

Colorful childlike drawings...cleverly explore playfulness, boredom, teasing, fighting, making up, cuddling, and so on...This book has a lot of child appeal, and no doubt youngsters will choose a favorite monster they can relate to. This short book will pair well in storytimes with other picture books about friendship.

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Kirkus

[V]an Hout captures the landscape of friendship for toddlers through teens and beyond...Like the earlier Happy (2012), this conveys emotional heft and arresting images in an appealing, child-size package.

Publishers Weekly

Starred Review


Review quotes

"Laid out on twelve black spreads, with dynamic and very animated pastel drawings, van Hout shows young readers a series of monster friendships." —7 Impossible Things

Mies Van Hout
AUTHOR BIO
Mies van Hout (1962) studied at the Arts Academy in Groningen, where she majored in graphic design. She has been working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer since 1989. Over the years, she illustrated quite a lot of children's books. Her illustrations are cheerful and witty, painted skillfully and distinctly.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781772782912
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Pajama Press
Publication date
October 03, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
Library of Congress categories
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