Great Reading: Bookmark It! Volume
28, Number 5, June 2001
Friends, Ages 3-6
Ruth Cox
Cosmo and the robot. Brian Pinkney.
HarperCollins,
2000. $15.95. 0-688-15940-0. Cosmo, a boy whose family
lives on Mars, fixes his friend Rex the robot when
Rex malfunctions and goes after his sister.
Jazzbo and Googy. Matt Novak.
Hyperion, 2000.
$14.99. 0-7868-0388-6. Googy makes lots of mistakes
in his attempt to become friends with Jazzbo, whose
best buddy is his teddy bear, until Googy proves to
be a fun playmate too.
That's mine, Horace. Holly Keller.
HarperCollins,
2000. $15.95. 0-688-17159-1. Horace plays sick after
he lies about the truck he took from the playground
until Walter, the real owner, sends him a note saying
he can keep it until he feels better.
Wimberly worried. Kevin Henkes.
HarperCollins,
2000. $15.89. 0-688-17027-7. Wemberly worries about
everything, especially about going to school, until
she meets Jewel and they have so much fun together
they both forget to worry.
Will you be my friend? Nancy Tafuri.
Scholastic,
2000. $15.95. 0-590-63782-7. Bird discovers what a
good friend Bunny is when a storm gets his nest all
wet and Bunny helps him build a new one.
 Ruth Cox is assistant professor in the School of
Education at the University of Houston-Clear Lake
in Houston, Texas. She can be reached at Cox@cl.uh.edu.
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