Make New Friends
A Picture Book
$31.71
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2025
Summary
From an acclaimed team comes this empathetic and reassuring picture book about the loaded question that every “new kid” or socially anxious child dreads, “Did you make any new friends today?”
Tomasso doesn’t know anyone at his new school and has no one to play with at recess. So, knowing his dad will ask, he resolves to make a few new friends. Each day his crew grows; there’s Roland (a foam ball), Coco (a milk carton), and Karen (a very pink eraser). But when his dad …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781949480559 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1949480550 |
| Author: | Joshua David Stein, Mariachiara Di Giorgio |
| Publisher: | Cameron & Company Inc |
| Imprint: | Cameron & Company Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 470g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 240mm x 276mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
STARRED REVIEW
“Stein’s text captures the experience of loneliness with uncomplicated empathy, and the dynamic he establishes between the single father and son is simply lovely. The narrative’s climax delivers affirmation with a just-right sweetness; this portrait of vulnerability offers both guidance to adults seeking to support the youngsters in their lives and reassurance for children… A tender, unexpected portrait of familial acceptance.”
STARRED REVIEW
“[H]ighly expressive, captivating illustrations bolster the story’s appeal. With its familiar settings and a plot based on common problems and creative solutions, this deeply satisfying picture book ends with hilarity and joy.”
STARRED REVIEW
“Astutely observational colored pencil and watercolor illustrations by Di Giorgio portray a touching parent-child relationship”
Joshua David Stein
Joshua David Stein is an author, editor, and musician. He is a professional restaurant critic and coauthor of several cookbooks and chef’s memoirs as well as many children’s books, including Can I Eat That?; Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture; The Ball Book; The Invisible Alphabet; Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild; and Lunch from Home. He is the founder of The Band Books, a band that performs children’s books to music. Stein lives in Brooklyn with his two sons, Achilles and Augustus, and a doggie, Hermione.
Mariachiara Di Giorgio is an illustrator, storyboard artist, and concept designer. She is the illustrator behind two wordless picture books, Professional Crocodile with writer Giovanna Zoboli and the acclaimed The Midnight Fair with writer Gideon Sterer. Her work has been exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and with the New York Society of Illustrators. She lives in Rome, Italy.
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