Do You Want to Be My Friend?
Do You Want to Be My Friend?
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Do You Want to Be My Friend?

Written and illustrated by Eric Carle
Part of the The World of Eric Carle Book Series
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0 - 6
Reading age
40
Page count
NP340L
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Jan 1, 1971
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Do you want to be my friend? asks the little mouse, and hopefully follows a tail, finding at the end of it a rather unfriendly horse. But there’s another tail, and another, and a strange, long, green one, too, that follows the mouse on his quest for a friend. Each page of this ingenious picture book contains a surprise. Its only text is on the first page, but the exciting pursuit of a friend for the little mouse lends itself to improvisation by both the reader and the young child — another brilliant idea from Eric Carle, the creator of The Secret Birthday Message and The Mixed-Up Chameleon.

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Book Details

ISBN
9780690242768
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Publisher
Crowell
Original Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Page Count
40
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
0 - 6 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
70140643
WorldCat Number (OCLC)
85891850
Lexile® Level
NP340L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~J
Est. ATOS® Book Level
~2.5

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