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Mellom, Robin

Hannah Sparkles: A Friend Through Rain or Shine

32 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-232233-3 $17.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Cheerful, effervescent, always-smiling Hannah Sparkles narrates her efforts to befriend her reserved new neighbor, Sunny. To Hannah's dismay, her favorite things--flowers, unicorns, pom-poms--don't inspire Sunny at all. When Hannah realizes people "find happiness in different ways," the girls become friends after all. Perky illustrations cleverly reveal Sunny's interests--earthworms, lizards, puddles--before the effusive (sometimes grating) narrative does.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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