Washoe County Library System

Stick and Stone are both lonely until Pinecone's teasing causes one to stick up for the other, and a solid friendship is formed. "Stick and Stone are sticking together in this hilarious and heart-warming board book that proves why best friends ROCK! When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, the pair become fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? The author Beth Ferry writes warm, rhyming text...

After a lonely scarecrow saves a small, scared crow that falls from midair, the pair forge an unlikely friendship that is tested by the changing of the seasons.

Derwood the goat has planted a garden and is prepared to defend it from all nibblers, including Tabitha the bunny, whom Derwood is convinced has designs on his growing vegetables; she teases him as the months go by, but after she helps him with the weeding the two become friends and share the feast.

First, the whale meets a quiet pink cloud, and he thinks this might be the friend hes been waiting for. But when he finds himself in trouble, a group of penguins comes to his rescue and the small blue whale finally gets his wish. This heartwarming story about friendshipwhat it looks like, sounds like, tastes like, and feels likewill have readers agreeing that a true friend is definitely worth the wait.