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The Faithful Friend: with audio recording


Stories to Go

School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

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No. of pages 40

Published: 2011

Great for age 5-10 years

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A friendship is tested by love and magic in this beautiful, Caldecott Honorwinning retelling of a traditional tale from the French West Indies.Clement and Hippolyte are best friends who live together on the lush tropical island of Martinique. They set off together toward the woman Clement loves so he can propose, but her unclea quimboiseur, a wizarddoesnt approve of the match. When his niece flees with the two inseparable friends, the vengeful man sends evil magic after them. Hippolyte may be able to protect the young couplebut will he lose his own life in the process?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Stories To Go .

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster .

Robert D. San Souci is the critically acclaimed author of many popular books for young people. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of many acclaimed picture books and young adult novels and works for Scholastic Publishing. Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children and he has written and illustrated several of his own books.

 

This book is in the following series:

Stories to Go

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrator
This book was recognised in the Illustrator category by the Coretta Scott King Award. Presented annually since 1970 by the American Library Association to books by African-America authors and illustrators, this award recognizes excellence in promoting a deeper understanding of the African-American Experience.