Best Friends for Frances

Best Friends for Frances

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-01-27

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0060838035

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Frances doesn't think her little sister, Gloria, can be her friend. But when Frances's friend Albert has a no-girls baseball game, Frances shows him a thing or two about friendship—and a thing or two about what girls can do. Along the way, Frances discovers that sisters can indeed be friends . . . maybe even best friends.


Best Friends for Frances

Best Friends for Frances

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0099432420

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When Albert says that Frances doesn't know enough to play ball, or to accompany him on one of his wandering days, she turns to her little sister Gloria as a playmate and they set out on a best friends only outing with no boys allowed. Frances learns that sometimes the best of friends can be the people that you least expect and are often right under you nose, like your little sister.


A Bargain for Frances

A Bargain for Frances

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1970-09-30

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0060223294

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One day Thelma tricks Frances into buying her old plastic tea set. Thelma says there are no backsies on the bargain. Can Frances come up with a plan that will change her friend's mind? Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)


The Kind of Friends We Used to Be

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-04-27

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 144240616X

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Edgar Award–winning novelist Frances O’Roark Dowell explores the shifting terrain of middle-school friendship in this follow-up to the beloved The Secret Language of Girls. Kate and Marylin are smack dab in the middle of middle school—seventh grade—and they know they can never be best friends like they used to be. Marylin is a middle school cheerleader obsessed with popularity and hairstyles, and Kate is the exact opposite with her combat boots and hankering to learn guitar and write her own songs. Still, Kate and Marylin yearn to find some middle ground for their friendship—but it’s harder than they ever imagined.


Frances Frog's Forever Friend

Frances Frog's Forever Friend

Author: Barbara deRubertis

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2021-08-10

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1635926971

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Frances Frog is very funny! But sometimes she is a little foolish. Her favorite friend, Felicity Fox, helps Frances learn what it means to be a good friend . . . a forever friend!


A Baby Sister for Frances

A Baby Sister for Frances

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 006083806X

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With a new addition to the family, Frances is feeling left out. So Frances decides to run away—but not too far! This new edition of Russell and Lillian Hoban’s beloved classic is perfect for beginning readers.


A Birthday for Frances

A Birthday for Frances

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher:

Published: 2014-01-20

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781484410493

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Frances is jealous of her sister's birthday, but birthday spirit moves her to reluctantly give her coveted gift.


Bedtime for Frances

Bedtime for Frances

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1995-09-29

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0064434516

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Famed for her many adventures, Frances made her debut with this title over thirty years ago. In this first Frances book, the little badger adroitly delays her bedtime with requests for kisses and milk, and concerns over tigers and giants and things going bump in the night. Long a favorite for the gentle humor of its familiar going to bed ritual, Bedtime for Frances is at last available with the warmth of full color enriching Garth Williams’s original nuanced and touching art. ‘Here is the coziest, most beguiling bedtime story in many a day.’—Kirkus Reviews (pointer).


Best Friend Trouble Read-Along

Best Friend Trouble Read-Along

Author: Frances Itani

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1459815920

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Hanna is fed up with her best friend, Lizzy, who is always trying to be better than her. When Lizzy tells Hanna she can throw her ball farther and succeeds, it’s the last straw. Hanna is tired of feeling second best, but what she doesn’t realize is that sometimes she makes Lizzy feel that way too. Maybe there’s a way they can still be best friends after all. A funny and relatable story about best friends, competition, and learning to see things from another’s point of view.


You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here

You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here

Author: Frances Macken

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1786077671

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'This atmospheric debut looks like a rural Irish coming-of-age novel, but it’s cleverer, darker, more unreliable.' Daily Mail AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN IRISH INDEPENDENT CRITICS CHOICE FOR CHRISTMAS WINNER OF THE BERYL BAINBRIDGE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD, 2020/2021 AN IRISH TIMES, IRISH INDEPENDENT and SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'TITLE TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020' Katie, Maeve and Evelyn have been friends forever. Outspoken, unpredictable and intoxicating, Evelyn is the undisputed leader of the trio. But Katie’s dream of escaping their tiny rural town for a new life in Dublin confronts her with a choice: to hold onto a friendship that has made her who she is, or risk leaving her best friend behind. Told from Katie’s witty, quirky perspective and filled with unforgettable characters, this moving, immersive and very funny study of sisterhood takes a keen-eyed look at the delights and complexities of female friendship, the corrosive power of jealousy and guilt, and the people and places that shape us. Compellingly readable and effortlessly sharp, fizzing with the voices of rural Ireland, this is an unmissable novel from a dazzling new talent.