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The Friendly Four
Contributor(s): Greenfield, Eloise (Author), Gilchrist, Jan Spivey (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0060007591 ISBN-13: 9780060007591
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2006
Annotation: With individual poems and poems for multiple voices, Greenfield follows four children as they explore the bonds of friendship, family, and community. Full color.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Friendship

Dewey: 811.54

LCCN: 2005018588

Age Level: 4-8

Grade Level: PreK-3

Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.92" W x 11.08" L (1.05 lbs) 48 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Friendship

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Awards: Texas 2x2 Reading List, Recommended, Children's, 2007

Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2006 pg. 49
Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2006 pg. 459
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2006 pg. 337
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2006 pg. 453
Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2006 pg. 32
School Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 104
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 419 - Superior,Well Above Average
Multicultural Review 12/01/2006 pg. 83

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 109632
Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Celebrate friendship with Coretta Scott King Award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist

Drum is worried that summer will be a bummer until Dorene, Louis, and Rae enter his life unexpectedly. Together they embark on an unforgettable summer of discovery and creative play.

With free-verse poetry perfect for reading aloud and inspired illustrations, this picture book by the legendary author/illustrator team follows four children as they explore the bonds of friendship, family, and community.

Fun for reading aloud. --Booklist

Contributor Bio(s): Greenfield, Eloise: -

Eloise Greenfield's love of writing shines through brilliantly in each and every one of her books, which include Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems and How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, both illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. She is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, the Foundation for Children's Literature Hope S. Dean Award, and the National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Book Award. In 2018 she received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, DC. You can follow her on Twitter @ELGreenfield.

Gilchrist, Jan Spivey: -

Jan Spivey Gilchrist is the award-winning illustrator-author of seventy-four children's books. Dr. Gilchrist illustrated the highly acclaimed picture book The Great Migration: Journey to the North, winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, a Junior Library Guild Best Book, an NAACP Image Award nominee, a CCBC Best Book, and a Georgia State Children's Book Award nominee. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for her illustrations in Nathaniel Talking and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her illustrations in Night on Neighborhood Street, all written by Eloise Greenfield. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators in 2001 and into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent in 1999. She lives near Chicago, Illinois.

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