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The Friend
By Sarah Stewart
Pictures by David Small
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2004
Annabelle Bernadette Clementine Dodd
Was a good little girl, though decidedly odd.
Belle lived every day as if she were grown-
She thought she could do everything all on her own.
But lucky for Belle she has a friend at home, a housekeeper named Beatrice Smith—Bea—who keeps a close eye on her so she doesn't get into too much mischief. Through the week Belle helps Bea as she does chores or shops or bakes, and at the end of most days they head to the beach—Belle and Bea, hand in hand, by the sea. But one afternoon Belle sneaks outside to play all alone at the beach where something happens that changes her life forever.
The husband-and-wife team of Sarah Stewart and Caldecott Medalist David Small once again brings readers a portrait of a remarkable little girl and, this time, a strong and loving woman, too.
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