Book Review: Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships

Thimmesh, C. (2011). Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships. Boston:Houghton Mifflin. 

Sibert Award-wining author Catherine Thimmesh brings readers a look at unusual animal friendships from around the world. Each “extraordinary” friendship is introduced with a small poem but the photographs speak for themselves. Visit the author’s website for a companion book trailer to introduce this book to young readers. 

IRA Members: Click here for more book reviews of animal books provided by the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association (CLR-SIG). 

ReadWriteThink

Choices Reading Lists