Michael is my friend. He likes me when I'm grouchy and not just when I'm nice. Says Rosy.

Or is it Rosey or Rosi or Rosee or Rozi or Wrosie? However she writes it, that's the way Michael writes it, too.

And just because he sprays Kool Whip in her sneakers, doesn't mean that Rosie's not his friend.

Friendship overcomes all problems. That's what Rosie and Michael think. It's big enough for jokes, for laughter, for sharing possessions, for aiding each other in dire emergencies, and even for being mad once in a while.

That's what friendships are for. So say Rosie and Michael.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 1988 by Simon & Schuster .

Judith Viorst is the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day , among other books for children and adults. She is also a newspaper columnist who frequently writes for The New York Times and the Washington Post . She lives in Washington, D. C.