Friends and Foes: Poems About Us All

In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, celebrated picture book poet Douglas Florian offers an honest, touching, and often humorous collection of twenty-three poems about relationships—both good and bad!

There are all kinds of friends—good friends, bad friends, old friends, new friends…even imaginary friends! This humorous, heartfelt, and refreshingly honest collection of poems explores the many facets of friendship with Douglas Florian’s signature sense of silliness and wit.

• The Wall in the Middle of the Book
• Potato Pants!
• Little Brown
• Dear Substitute
• Fruit Bowl
• Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home
• Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo
• Neck & Neck
• Philomena's New Glasses
• I Want That Nut!