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    A New Friend
    A New Friend
    A New Friend
    Ebook97 pages26 minutes

    A New Friend

    By Poppy Green and Jennifer A. Bell

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    In this first of a charming series about a little mouse and her forest friends, Sophie Mouse must convince her classmates—and herself—that a new student is nothing to fear. Even if he is a snake! Readers will delight in The Adventures of Sophie Mouse!

    In the first book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse, springtime has arrived at Silverlake Forest! The animals are coming out of their homes, buds are blooming on the trees, and the air smells of honeysuckles and tree bark. Sophie Mouse can’t wait to go back to school after the long winter break.

    Even better, there’s a new student in class—Sophie loves meeting new animals! But the class gasps when Owen enters: he’s a snake! No one is brave enough to sit near him, or play with Owen at recess, or even talk to him. Can Sophie help her friends understand that Owen’s not scary after all?

    With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Adventures of Sophie Mouse chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLittle Simon
    Release dateJan 20, 2015
    ISBN9781481428347
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    Poppy Green

    Poppy Green can talk to animals! Unfortunately, they never talk back to her. So she started writing in order to imagine what they might say and do when humans aren’t watching. Poppy lives on the edge of the woods in Connecticut, where her backyard is often a playground for all kinds of wildlife: birds, rabbits, squirrels, voles, skunks, deer, and the occasional wild turkey.

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    • 3/5
      A cute, short story that teaches kids about accepting new people in your life and how not to judge someone based on hearsay.Sophie Mouse and her best friend Hattie Frog are excited about their first day of school, especially since there is a new student in class this year. However, when they find out that the new student, Owen, is a snake, the girls don't know what to think about it and don't know how to act around him. Quite possibly, though, Owen isn't nearly as scary as they may think he is.This chapter book is clearly aimed at young girls, but it doesn't ready "girly" to me at all. It's really quite a charming little story, and I know I'll be recommending to my friends with children.Recommended!

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    A New Friend - Poppy Green

    Spring Has Sprung!

    Buzz, buzz, buzzzzzzz. Outside the Mouse family’s cottage, a bumblebee zipped from flower to flower.

    Sitting at her easel in the sunshine, Sophie Mouse put down her paintbrush. Her eyes followed the bee. Oh, to be able to fly, she thought. I could see every inch of Silverlake Forest—maybe even to the other side of Forget-Me-Not Lake! I wonder how fast a bee flies when he really gets going. What would it be like to fly to the schoolhouse for the first day of school tomorrow? What would—

    Sophie? Sophie! Her father’s voice called out, snapping her out of her daydream. He was in the doorway of their cottage, which was nestled in between the roots of an oak tree. Are you done with your chores? George Mouse asked. When you are, you can go see Mom at the bakery. She’s making nutmeg popovers today!

    Sophie’s little nose twitched. She was sure she could already smell the sweet scent. Nutmeg popovers were one of her mother’s specialties. At her bakery in Pine Needle Grove, Lily Mouse surely would have started making the batter at dawn, before Sophie was even awake.

    Sophie hated to stop painting. It was the first spring day warm enough to paint outside! But she had a little sweeping to do if she wanted to go to the bakery.

    Sophie hurried inside and found the willow-twig broom. She had already swept the three small bedrooms upstairs. Just

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