Me, Too

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 22, 2015

Review

Annie and Lillemor are best friends and as all best friends do, they have much in common and are so close they greet each other each day with a big hug. Though Lillemor speaks Swedish and Annie speaks Oinky Boinky somehow they understand each other perfectly as best friends are apt to do.

One day when Annie arrives at school there is no Lillemor and worse, no big hug. Annie comes upon Lillemor jumping rope with a new friend named Lilianne who is from France. What is a bit alarming to Annie is that both of the girls names start with Lil and Lilianne can also speak another language. She also feels left out because both the Lili's like all the same things until Annie realizes that she and Lilianne share the name "Ann" within their names and suddenly the worry is gone AND they decide to "all' be best friends.

The artwork in the book is cute and cartoony and simplistic in its rendering and is done in pencil and colored in Photoshop. The lettering is bold and easy to read.

The triad friendship can be challenging for children and this book can be helpful to children to understand that having more than one friend is ok and can even be fun and not scary at all.

Bien Sur! Naturligtvis! Ooga, booga, meow!

Overall Book Score: good