From the Heart: Books and Activities About Friends »

JAN IRVING is Youth Services Supervisor of Pueblo City-County Public Library District.

ROBIN CURRIE, an ordained minister at the Grace Lutheran church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, is a reader's advisor at Addison Public Library.

Designed to help you plan literature-based programs and units, this resource focuses on the theme of friends. Each section has a brief introduction and a focus book on the topic, with suggested activities for speaking and writing. An annotated bibliography of approximately 60 books follows, with an original story, fingerplays, action rhymes, poems, songs, chants, games, and art activities. A real time-saver for any educator. Grades K-3.