All Booked Up | Friendship (Sept 2025)

A few of our favorite books about friendship for this month's All Booked Up reading challenge. Not seeing anything you like? Browse more books about friendship in the library catalog (in español, русский язык, or українська мова) or request a personalized recommendation from library staff.

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Updated August 30, 2025
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El deafo
Bell, Cece
Paper Book
The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell   Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf....

The author's story of navigating a new school and finding friendship in the hearing world. (Children's Graphic Novel)

Also available as an e-book & digital audiobook in the Libby app.

You will be my friend!
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Robot comes a cheerful story about persistence and friendship Today is the day the exuberant Lucy is going to make a new friend! But she finds it's harder than she...

An overbearing bear struggles to find a friend who doesn't run away. (Picture Book)

Also available as a Readalong.

Stick and Stone
Ferry, Beth.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling duo Stick and Stone are STICKing together in this hilarious and heartwarming picture book that proves once and for all why best friends ROCK! From beloved picture book creators Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld, perfect for fans of Kelly DiPucchio and Jory John.  ...

A punny story of the ups and downs of true friendship. (Picture Book)

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JX GRAPHIC HAL
Paper Book
"Fresh and funny." --New York Times Book Review Over 2 million copies of the Real Friends series sold! Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is...

A true story of how friendships change in the turbulence of middle school. (Young Teen Graphic Novel)

April & Mae and the book club cake : the Monday book
Lambert, Megan Dowd
Paper Book
Fans of King & Kayla and Charlie & Mouse will love this delightful beginning chapter book series that celebrates friendship every day of the week! It's Monday, and April and Mae aren't prepared for book club. To save time, April reads the book aloud while Mae bakes...

A fast reader and a talented baker team up to get ready for their weekly book club meeting in this series opener. (Early Reader Level 3)

Emma Mckenna, full out
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
Meet the kids in Mrs. Z's wacky and wonderful third-grade class! Cheerleader Emma McKenna is thrilled for the first day of school... until her frenemy shows up and all of Emma's plans for a social do-over take a tumble! Emma McKenna can't wait for third grade at the...

Every kid in Mrs. Z's class gets their own book, each written by a different author. (Children's Fiction)

Magnolia Wu unfolds it all
Miller, Chanel
Paper Book
A Newbery Honor book and instant New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller! Award-winning author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on...

A Newbery Honor Book with a spot-on sense of humor. (Children's Fiction)

Also available as an e-book & digital audiobook in the Libby app.

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JX GRAPHIC TEL
Paper Book
Raina just wanted to be a normal girl, but one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of...

A true story of the author's quest to find true friendship during her middle school years amidst over-the-top orthodontia struggles. (Children's Graphic Novel)

Also available as an e-book in the Libby app.

Walter had a best friend
Underwood, Deborah
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Quiet Book comes an honest and touching new picture book about the ups and downs of friendship. Walter and Xavier are best friends. They do everything together! But then...quietly...slowly...Xavier becomes best friends with someone else....

Sometimes friendships don't last forever, but new friends may be waiting just ahead. (Picture Book)

Unschooled
Woodrow, Allan
Paper Book
Allan Woodrow is back with another pitch-perfect middle-grade novel full of hilarious antics, epic arguments, and a fifth grade that just doesn't get along!This year's fifth graders are the worst Principal Klein has ever seen. But he's hoping that Spirit Week can teach them teamwork, with a top...

Can good friends learn to be good sports when they're placed on opposing teams for Spirit Week? (Children's Fiction)


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