Friendship

A wonderful opportunity to talk about the meaning of "friendship".  Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni,  hug each other and turn green with happiness in this delightful picture book that explores friendship as well as the concept of color mixing. "An ingenious picture book." - Booklist.
Check out this author, Leo Lionni. for other titles as well, A Color of His Own, The Alphabet Tree, Frederick, and one of my favorites - Swimmy.

The favorite tale of the industrious little hen and her freeloading friends, retold by Lucinda McQueen especially for beginning readers.

And then there is the classic Frog and Toad. Frog and Toad are the main characters in a series of easy-reader children's books, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Each book contains five simple, often humorous, sometimes poignant, short stories chronicling the exploits of a frog and his friend, a toad, simply named Frog and Toad. Some of their adventures include: attempting to fly a kite, cleaning Toad's messy house as opposed to waiting until "Tomorrow" to do so, and pondering the ethics of being "Alone". The two protagonists do carry specific traits about their personalities and appearance. Frog is taller, with a green shade, and is more friendly and relaxed than Toad; Toad is short and stout, with a brown shade to his exterior. Toad is also the more serious and irritable of the two.

"If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend,

I'll just be me."

 ~Author Unknown