First Friend

With lyrical text by Kersten Hamilton and luminous illustrations by Jaime Kim, First Friend is an exploration of how the wild wolves became dogs, and how we learned to communicate and grow alongside the creatures we love. Long, long ago, when the world was new...a girl met a pup. In those days, everyone knew that wolves and children could not be friends. Still, they learned from each other—how to hunt, how to trade, how to survive, how to play. And years and years went by, and the world spun and changed. And then—a boy fished with a wolf, and a girl traded with a wild dog, and animal and human grew up side by side. . .into the best friends we are today.

"In mid-life Afro-American journalist Raybon made a conscious decision to stop hating white people. Her journal/analysis provides discourse on hatred and forgiveness, the rise of her hatred, and her efforts to conquer her fears and forgive the past. An unusual account of conscious change."—Kirkus Reviews.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A USA TODAY "BEST BOOKS OF 2021" PICK! In the bestselling tradition of The Presidents Club and Presidential Courage, White House history as told through the stories of the best friends and closest confidants of American presidents. Here are the riveting histories of myriad presidential friendships, among them: Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed: They shared a bed for four years during which Speed saved his friend from a crippling depression. Two decades later the friends worked together to save the Union. Harry Truman and Eddie Jacobson: When Truman wavered on whether to recognize the state of Israel in 1948, his lifelong friend and former business partner intervened at just the right moment with just the right words to steer the president’s decision. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Daisy Suckley: Unassuming and overlooked during her lifetime, Daisy Suckley was in reality FDR’s most trusted, constant confidant, the respite for a lonely and overworked President navigating the Great Depression and World War II John Kennedy and David Ormsby-Gore: They met as young men in pre-war London and began a conversation over the meaning of leadership. A generation later the Cuban Missile Crisis would put their ideas to test as Ormsby-Gore became the president’s unofficial, but most valued foreign policy advisor. These and other friendships—including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Franklin Pierce and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Bill Clinton and Vernon Jordan—populate this fresh and provocative exploration of a series of seminal presidential friendships. Publishing history teems with books by and about Presidents, First Ladies, First Pets, and even First Chefs. Now former Clinton aide Gary Ginsberg breaks new literary ground on Pennsylvania Avenue and provides fresh insights into the lives of the men who held the most powerful political office in the world by looking at the friends on whom they relied. First Friends is an engaging, serendipitous look into the lives of Commanders-in-Chief and how their presidencies were shaped by those they held most dear.

Dogs have shared our homes for as long as we can remember, and, in return, have guarded us, helped us hunt, and herded our livestock. They have generally been our friends as well; that is what most of them are today. Canine friends give us uncritical affection, free of the ambivalence that plagues human relationships. Dogs figure prominently in literature, starting with Homer's Argus, the hound who remembered Odyssues after twenty years. Victorian novels are full of vivid canine characters. "Ms. Rogers is impressively thorough...best of all, the author knows and respects dogs." Steve Goode, Washington Times

Imagine having a friend before you are even born! Meet two little boys - twins, brothers and best friends - who experience everything for the first time together. They learn how to walk, talk, play and share. Born one minute apart, they are each other's first friend, and soon become each other's best friend. This is their story, told by the older twin, from their days in their mother's tummy listening to her voice, to their early birth, to their first day of school, and all the silly adventures in between! Theirs is a sweet relationship and a special journey that will warm your heart, and remind you of the miracle and joy of young life, brotherly love and the very special bond between twins. Leslie Rohrbacker lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband and twin sons. She has enjoyed a successful career as a lawyer and executive, and is also a published blogger. The birth of her twin boys in 2007, and the wonder of watching their journey through birth and early childhood, inspired her to write her first book, First Friend, Best Friend.

A young Chinese girl beginning a new life in America describes how her difficult adjustment was made more endurable when she made her first American friend.

For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody’s favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure! Ruff! Sam is a big dog and Biscuit's newest friend. Biscuit wants to do everything that Sam does -- like running fast and fetching sticks. But it sure is hard for a puppy like Biscuit to keep up with such a big dog. In this encouraging story of friendship, Biscuit shows that small puppies can do big things! Biscuit’s Big Friend, a My First I Can Read book, is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations—which means it's perfect for shared reading with emergent readers.

It was by chance that Michael passed under a branch where a hungry snake was about to gobble up a chameleon for lunch. The small prey had two choices, the snake’s stomach or to jump into the unknown. He chose the latter unaware that something wonderful would come out of this risky plunge - friendship!

Meet Tonia. She's a baby bee. She once was a tiny egg. Then one day she saw she had four new wings and six legs. They help her to gather flower dust to make honey and wax. But all that work tires her out. Imagine her surprise when she finds out the bed she chose to take a nap in is not a bed at all! Find out where Tonia lays her head and whom she meets in Tonia Baby Bee and Her First Friend. Dr. Barbara Malcher is a retired physician living in Oklahoma. She wrote Tonia Baby Bee for her own little bee, her granddaughter.