A Better Best Friend

A feel-good picture book about best friendship told with dry comedy and an open ending – squirrel and mushroom are best friends until another best friend comes to play. This morning when I was out walking, I found a best friend. At least I think so. It certainly looks a lot like it! He really has a best friend kind of face. In this funny picture book exploring a forever childhood question about friendship, squirrel and a mushroom explore the forest through the seasons, show each other special trees, build snow mushrooms, share the good times and bad – which become good bad times alongside a friend. Then spring arrives, and so does a new friend. And then another. This raises a profound question for an overthinking squirrel: should we have just one best friend? After much drama, Squirrel doesn’t find an answer – the friends keep coming – and he ends the book with at least three better best friends. Reviews: “This book is adorable!” Youth Services Book Review, starred review “” The idea of finding a friend will resonate with many children , and Squirrel’s first-person narrative reads aloud well.”” Booklist – ASIN: 1776575733 | ISBN13: 9781776575732 | ISBN-13: 978-1776575732