Mabel Wants a Friend

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From the acclaimed duo Ariel Bernstein and Mark Rosenthal comes a new humorous and earnest story about a young fox who learns that making a new friend takes more than just wanting one.

Meet Mabel. She always gets what she wants. No matter what it takes. Meet Chester. Hes Mabels new friend, buthe doesnt always agree with Mabels methods.

After a disagreement, Mabel decides shes better off alone. But when Mabel starts to miss Chester, she realizes that to get what she wants most of all, shell have to learn what it means to be a good friend.

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Ariel Bernstein is the author ofI Have a BalloonandWhere Is My Balloon, both illustrated by Scott Magoon, as well asWe Love Fishing!andYou Go First, both illustrated by Marc Rosenthal.I Have a Balloonreceived starred reviews fromPublishers WeeklyandKirkus Reviews, and it was a Junior Library Guild Selection.Where Is My Balloonwas a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, andWe Love Fishing!received a starred review fromPublishers Weekly.You Go Firstwas a Junior Library Guild Selection, named a Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title, and received a starred review fromKirkus Reviews.Ariel lives in New Jersey with her family. Learn more at ArielBernsteinBooks.com.

Marc Rosenthal is theNew York Timesbestselling illustrator of many books for children, including the Small Walt collection by Elizabeth Verdick,All You Need Is Loveby John Lennon and Paul McCartney,I Must Have Bobo!by Eileen Rosenthal,We Love Fishing!andMabel Wants a Friendby Ariel Bernstein, andArchie and the Pirates, which he wrote. He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Learn more at Marc-Rosenthal.com.