Are You My Friend

The expressive watercolors of Joy Dunn Keenan dance across these pages as a boy & his grandfather spend a day at the park. Throughout the day they meet many people & the boy observes how they are different from him. He also notices that they are like him in the things they enjoy seeing & doing. He asks each one, "Are you my friend?" At the end, all the friends gather at the carousel. This book written by Janice Derby allows children to acknowledge characteristics such as language, skin color, being physically or mentally challenged, or having a different economic status that can separate us. By observing that others enjoy the same kinds of activities, children learn that the differences are minor compared to the many similarities we share. For children ages 4-to-8 & the adults who love them.Derby, Janice is the author of 'Are You My Friend' with ISBN 9780836136098 and ISBN 0836136098.