Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends--Frog and Toad.

When Patricia starts at a new school she quickly becomes fast friends with fellow outcasts Thom and Ravanne and together they find a way to silence the school bully and his toadies.

Max's class goes to visit a farm and after visiting the animals, having dinner, and learning to square dance, the children go to bed in the hay loft. Later, Max and Theresa, his best friend, sneak out for their own adventure.

Splish-splosh, it's time for fun at the pond Make friends with Dimity Duck and her poolside buddies in their first frithy-frothy picture book.

"A child discovers that there is no single right thing to do when someone is sad or grieving"--

"Across the barnyard, Pip the chick spots a new friend to play with--Pup! What will these pals get up to?"--Page [2] of cover.

"An adorable baby hare springs into an adventure, following his human friend up, up, and away in this flight of fancy. He follows his friend ever higher, flying through fluffy white clouds, chasing a red airplane through a flock of geese, and soaring into space on a rocket ship, before catching a ride on a shooting star back down to earth and into his friend's waiting arms. With bright, kid-friendly collage, this is a beautiful and accessible celebration of Spring and the imagination!"--Provided by publisher.

Mark Girouard selects and reproduces 29 letters, ranging from his early childhood during the war to recent years, and uses them to memorialise their diverse authors. In the process a selective autobiography emerges as he discusses his relationship with the diverse crowd, painting a riveting picture of Bohemian cultural life in post-war Britain and Ireland. And the point of it all is to show that friendship has nothing to do with fame or wealth, but entirely with that sudden click of reciprocity, or pleasure in companionship, that makes life worth living.