Done in Eric Carle's hand-painted tissue-paper collage style, Friends is a cute story about a boy's quest to find his best friend. It seems to be have been inspired by a real-life event in Carle's life where he moved away from a friend when he was little and never saw her again. In the story, however, the little boy does find his friend after a long journey through rain, over a mountain and across a river, among other things. The collage illustrations are bright and heavily textured, evoking movement even in their static statement. This would be a good book to consider reading to a child who has a friend moving away or who is upset about a friend leaving. It will probably be most enjoyable for preschool and early elementary aged children.
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