Best Short Poems About Friendship - April 2024

The Snail and the Whale

When a tiny snail meets a humpback whale, the two travel together to far-off lands. It's a dream come true for the snail, who has never left home before. But when the whale swims too close to shore, will the snail be able to save her new friend?

• ASIN: 0142405809
• ASIN: 0142405809
• ISBN: 0142405809
• Brand: Puffin
• Manufacturer: Puffin Books

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner, now available in paperback with 7 all-new poems.Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureA President Obama "O" Book Club pickRaised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, eac... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0147515823
• ASIN: 0147515823
• ISBN: 9780147515827
• Brand: Puffin Books
• Manufacturer: Puffin Books

The Runner's Literary Companion: Great Stories and Poems About Running

A collection of the best writing on running—for anyone who loves reading as much as running, or who just loves to run.   This inspiring collection of forty-eight short stories and poems—brimming with courage, fear, pain, hope, and elation—offers an intimate glimpse of the runner’s art and heart. The very best writing about running is here, yet the selections aren’t simply about the physical challenge of going just one more mile or knocking off another second. Here you’ll find a love story, two war tales, a horror story, several murder mysteries, and a surreal comedy—by such auth... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014025353X
• ASIN: 014025353X
• ISBN: 014025353X
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Speak 20th Anniversary Edition

"Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible par... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07K6DW6J5
• ASIN: B07K6DW6J5
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Dead of Night

An honest, heart-wrenching and hopeful look at the journey through life and love for the damaged and the damned. With the chapter divided into different times of night, up-and-coming author Chris Mc Geown takes an honest, and sometimes painful look at life, love, depression, and recovery.

• ASIN: 1543012604
• ASIN: 1543012604
• ISBN: 1543012604
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Seeds and Trees: A children's book about the power of words

Words are powerful. They can hurt or they can heal.It’s time to tell a special tale that will warm the hearts of readers of all ages. Seeds and Trees revels in the power of words. It explores their effects on feelings and emotions. And it does so through the journey of two different seeds.In Seeds and Trees, discover a young prince who gathers seeds both green and dark from those he encounters, and then gifts them forward. He faithfully plants and waters all those seeds daily, but comes to realize that the dark trees harm the green ones. With the help of a kind friend he discovers he can ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DH86HFL
• ASIN: B07DH86HFL
• Manufacturer: The Treasured Tree Digital

The Wild Revolve: Poems: 2011-2013 (Red Fox Runs, Book 1)

(96 Pages) "The Wild Revolve: Poems 2011-2013" (Book 1) explores the initial enthusiasm and sharp sense of melancholy that overcomes those who move to New York City. The poems focus on themes of loneliness, yearning to escape and uncertainty become more complex as wild nights dominate the lives of the New York City’s newcomers.What readers are saying:"Unlike any other poem book i've read. I love how the author dissect the regional and cultural struggles of living in New York City. I look forward to the next books of this poetry anthology.""A pop culture gem! The poetry immersed on photos cap... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MUPHME2
• ASIN: B01MUPHME2
• Manufacturer: Red Fox Runs Press

The Poet's Dog

From Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love.3 starred reviews. "Just what I needed," raves Brightly. "It's a heart-warming story of loss and love that filled me with hope for a better future and renewed my belief in good."Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the wo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062292625
• ASIN: 0062292625
• ISBN: 0062292625
• Brand: Katherine Tegen Books
• Manufacturer: Katherine Tegen Books

Forget Me Not

Astronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But it isn't long before the kids at her new school realize she's different. Only Calliope's neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is--an interesting person and a good friend. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public? As Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother's new relationship and the fact that they might be moving--again--just as sh... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250096278
• ASIN: 1250096278
• ISBN: 9781250096272
• Brand: Feiwel Friends
• Manufacturer: Feiwel & Friends

The Gift

• ASIN: 0140195815
• ASIN: 0140195815
• ISBN: 0140195815
• Brand: Penguin Compass
• Manufacturer: Penguin Compass

Digger, Dozer, Dumper

“Rising above the usual singsong name-checking, Vestergaard celebrates not only the jobs these machines perform but also their marvelous mechanics.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems—each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance to a snowplow—introduce young children to their favorite trucks face-to-face. Cheerful illustrations show each one in action, digging (or dozing, or dumping) away. Each truck and big machine in these enticing rhyming poems is different, and little readers are invited ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0763688932
• ASIN: 0763688932
• ISBN: 0763688932
• Brand: Candlewick Press
• Manufacturer: Candlewick

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert

Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down―and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert's Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times.

• ASIN: 1250195896
• ASIN: 1250195896
• ISBN: 1250195896
• Manufacturer: Feiwel & Friends

Prince Martin and the Dragons: A Classic Adventure Book About a Boy, a Knight, & the True Meaning of Loyalty (ages 7-10) (The Prince Martin Epic Series Book 3)

* Full-Color Art Kindle Edition. Read as a stand-alone (or as Book 3 in the series) *After two thousand years......they woke up.Hungry.Now Prince Martin and his band of brothers join a quest to save the kingdom from these two blasts from the past.Can they discover the long-lost spear that can slay the drakes?And have they counted the cost?Children will adore this epic tale of courage and sacrifice because of the gorgeous art and riveting rhyming verse.Get it now. BOOKS IN THE PRINCE MARTIN EPIC SERIES:Prince Martin Wins His SwordPrince Martin and the ThievesPrince Martin and the DragonsPrinc... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DZS2TWZ
• ASIN: B07DZS2TWZ
• Manufacturer: Band of Brothers Books

The Reader on the 6.27

A special edition of the international bestseller from French author Jean-Paul Didierlaurent. The Reader on the 6.27 is ready to take you on a journey . . .Guylain Vignolles lives on the edge of existence. Working at a book pulping factory in a job he hates, he has but one pleasure in life. Sitting on the 6.27 train each day, Guylain recites aloud from pages he has saved from the jaws of his monstrous pulping machine. But it is when he discovers the diary of a lonely young woman, Julie – a woman who feels as lost in the world as he does – that his journey will truly begin.

• ASIN: B00UXKIY7I
• ASIN: B00UXKIY7I
• Manufacturer: Mantle

The Night Before First Grade

It's the night before the Big Day—first grade. Penny is excited to start the year with her best friend right beside her in the same classroom. This humorous take on Clement C. Moore's classic tale has a perfect twist ending that will surprise readers—as well as the “heroine” of the story—and help all about-to-be first-graders through their own back-to-school jitters.

• ASIN: B00B1FG8JU
• ASIN: B00B1FG8JU
• Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap

Can I Touch Your Hair? : Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want

• UPC: 554085474
• Rating: 4.5

Poetry Book - Abyss of Bliss (Love Poems about Life, Poems about Love, Inspirational Poems, Friendship Poems, Romantic Poems, I Love You Poems, Poetry Collection, Inspirational Quotes, Poetry Books)

Abyss of Bliss, is a magical poetry book filled with, enchanting illustrations. The raw poems embrace life's challenges and the beauty that lies beyond our conscious mind. The illuminated, love that is all pervading, ever

• UPC: 757212775

Nobody's Cuter Than You : A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship

Reprint of: Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,

• UPC: 44715611
• Rating: 4.0

Poetry Book - Abyss of Bliss (Love Poems about Life, Poems about Love, Inspirational Poems, Friendship Poems, Romantic Poems, I Love You Poems, Poetry Collection, Inspirational Quotes, Poetry Books) (

Abyss of Bliss, is a magical poetry book filled with, enchanting illustrations. The raw poems embrace life's challenges and the beauty that lies beyond our conscious mind. The illuminated, love that is all pervading, ever

• UPC: 826505636

Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story about Gender and Friendship (Hardcover)

Errol's best friend and teddy, Thomas, is sad because he wishes he were a girl, not a boy teddy, but what only matters to both of them is that they are

• UPC: 49206720
• Rating: 5.0

A Little Book about Friendship

When Lionel the Lion and Louie the Sheep meet at a playground, the unlikely pair explore the adventure of new friendship through caring, sharing, problem solving, forgiveness, and a whole lot of fun. This engaging

• UPC: 23734268

Real Marriage : The Truth about Sex, Friendship & Life Together

In Real Marriage, Pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife, Grace, share how they have struggled and how they have found healing through the power of the only reliable source: the Bible. They believe friendship is

• UPC: 21850467
• Color: Black
• Rating: 4.5

Is Nothing Something? : Kids' Questions and Zen Answers About Life, Death, Family, Friendship, and Everything in Between

"In Is Nothing Something? Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh answers heartfelt, difficult, and funny questions from children of all ages. Illustrated with original full-color artwork by Jessica McClure, Is Nothing Something? will help adults plant

• UPC: 27817180

Tommy Nelson's Brave Girls Confidential : Stories and Secrets about Faith and Friendship

Join Brave Girls Faith, Hope, Glory, Gracie, and Honor as they discover how much they are loved and learn what it means to live godly lives in their homes, schools, and

• UPC: 55746906

Jake the Growling Dog: Jake the Growling Dog: A Children's Book about the Power of Kindness, Celebrating Diversity, and Friendship (Paperback)

Jake's voice has a different sound. Other critters won't come around.But he is sweet and only wants to play. Will others start to see him that way? Follow Jake, a sweet, kind, and misunderstood dog

• UPC: 750922400