Do You Want to Be My Friend Author:Eric Carle Do you want to be my friend? asks the little mouse, and hopefully follows a tail, finding at the end of it a rather unfriendly horse. But there's another tail, and another, and a strange, long, green one, too, that follows the mouse on his quest for a friend.Each page of this ingenious picture book contains a surprise. Its only text is on the fi... more »rst page, but the exciting pursuit of a friend for the little mouse lends itself to improvisation by both the reader and the young child -- another brilliant idea from Eric Carle, the creator of The Secret Birthday Message and The Mixed-Up Chameleon. Notable Children's Books of 1971 (ALA)
Children's Books of 1971 (Library of Congress)
Honor Book, Book World Spring Book Festival 1971« less
"Do you want to be my friend?" asks the lonely little mouse. He follows a tail, but all he finds at its end is a rather unfriendly horse. The little mouse just wants someone to play with - but he'll have to folow a lot of tails before he can find just the right companion.