[Margaret G Posts: 39 Status: Offline WWW]

Hi Everyone,

I'm currently writing a PB about a pair of best friends and looking for some comparisons.

What are some of your favorite recently published friendship-centered picture books?  Here are a few that I found:
* Harry and Horsie and its follow up Cookiebot,
* Ame Dyckman's Boy and Bot,
* Oliver Jeffers' Lost and Found,
* Tammi Sauer's Nugget and Fang.

Any more would be appreciated! Thanks!

[eecoburn Posts: 237 Status: Offline]

Kate DiCamillo's Bink and Gollie and Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie books, although I think they are considered and easy reader and not PB. I still read them to my kids like PB's.

[JFriday Posts: 601 Status: Offline]

Our very own Salina Yoon's Penguin and Pinecone. :

[TMarie Posts: 92 Status: Offline]

Duck & Goose by Tad Hills
Chick 'n' Pug by Jennifer Sattler

[LMES Posts: 47 Status: Offline]

Olivier Dunrea's Gossie books--Gossie and Gertie; Ollie the Stomper
Candace Ryan's Moo Hoo and Ribbit Rabbit

[jennygoebel Posts: 40 Status: Offline WWW]

Nugget and Fang: Friends Forever--or Snack Time? By Tammi Sauer

[DianaM Posts: 1,189 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

BOOT AND SHOE, Marla Frazee (Oct 2012)

[DianaM Posts: 1,189 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Also, SMITTEN, by David Gordon (2007)

and MAC AND CHEESE is a great rhyming easy reader series by Sarah Weeks.

[WordWeaver Posts: 39 Status: Offline WWW]

Oooooh, great question! I'm researching the exact same thing right now. Taking notes - thanks pbcookie!

[Tammi Posts: 1,367 Status: Offline WWW]

Wooby & Peep by Cynthea Liu (Feb. 2013)

[Stephen Posts: 180 Status: Offline WWW]

Harry & Hopper

[Kimberly Lynn Posts: 73 Status: Offline]

Here are a few of my favorites:

Otis and the Puppy by Loren Long
Cherry and Olive by Benjamin Lacombe
Scrawny Cat by Phyllis Root
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Clink by Kelly DiPucchio
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Unlovable by Dan Yaccarino

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[Anne Marie Posts: 3,031 Status: Offline VAMPIRINA has arrived on Disney Junior! WWW]

Forgive me for crass self-promotion, but the new VAMPIRINA BALLERINA HOSTS A SLEEPOVER is about friendship.  Out July 23.

[DianaM Posts: 1,189 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

I haven't read it yet, but UNICORN THINKS HE'S PRETTY GREAT by Bob Shea looks hilarious. I just ordered it.

[Jean Reidy Posts: 817 Status: Offline I love kids' books!! WWW]

Audrey Vernick's BOGART AND VINNIE.

[Margaret G Posts: 39 Status: Offline WWW]

Wow! These are great. Thank you all so much for the ideas. I'm off to the library to check some out.

Good luck with your book, JenniB!

[Natalie Posts: 820 Status: Offline Flying the Dragon, Charlesbridge 2012 WWW]

Liz Garton Scanlon's NOODLE & LOU

[Lenoreva]

Bug and Bear by Ann Bonwill is a favorite of mine!

[NinjaWoman Posts: 82 Status: Offline WWW]

TOOT & PUDDLE?  FROG & TOAD?  BINK & GOLLIE?

[KeithM Posts: 76 Status: Offline WWW]

This is a little different in the way it's done, but I consider "Leonardo, the Terrible Monster" by Mo Willems to be an excellent friendship book.

[Pons Posts: 3,477 Status: Offline]

Friends by Helme Heine. It's about three friends: a pig, a chicken, and a mouse. They go around town on a bike. The pig and mouse work the pedals while the chicken steers the handlebars. They spend all day pursuing their common interests, but they they each have different needs when it comes to sleeping, so they happily separate at night to their own homes. Great book.

[Vijaya Posts: 8,620 Status: Offline LISTEN. Let all mortal flesh keep silence ... WWW]

Some great titles mentioned here. I'll add:
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Farfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller
And not a PB: Frog and Toad.
Vijaya

[Pam Posts: 1,340 Status: Offline Brianna Bright, Ballerina Knight, 6-5-18 WWW]

I love Boy and Bot and of course, Tammi's Nugget and Fang. SO CUTE!!!

Here's one:

 THE STORY OF FISH AND SNAIL by Deborah Freedman

[CarrieF Posts: 271 Status: Offline WWW]

Ollie & Claire is a new one from Tiffany Strelitz Haber and it's really cute.

[Heather Hatch Posts: 18 Status: Offline ...4, 5, 6, at the Readerbug Picnic... WWW]

BAT AND RAT. Really wanted this to be an early reader when I ordered it, it isn't. But it's cute and wacky.

I think Candlewick's Big Bear/Little Bear books are classic friend stories, but some see just parent. More old and gold: The Old Man and  his Door. Tough Boris. Best Friends for Frances. Tops and Bottoms.