Hunter's Best Friend at School

Description: Hunter and Stripe are best friends at school and do everything alike. But when Stripe arrives at school one day in a mischief-making mood and starts stirring up trouble in Mrs. Ringtail's class, Hunter learns the consequences of peer pressure. Full color.

Brief description:

Laura Malone Elliott is the author of Under a War-Torn Sky, a NCSS/CBC Notable Book in Social Studies, a Jefferson Cup Honor Book, and winner of the Borders' Original Voices Award, and its sequel, A Troubled Peace, also a NCSS/CBC Notable; Annie, Between the States, an IRA Teacher's Choice and NYPL Book for the Teen Age; Give Me Liberty; and Flying South, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book. She lives in Virginia with her family.

Review Quotes:

"Best friends and school join in Elliott's tale for a kid-pleasing combination--and Munsinger's comical, sometimes poignant illustrations give this picture book a double draw." - Publishers Weekly

"Readers will readily respond to Hunter's dilemma and be reassured by his ultimate success." - Kirkus Reviews

"Appealing ... a solid choice, filling a need for stories about friendship and peer pressure." - School Library Journal