Still Friends

  • Illustrated By: Mike Deas
  • Pages:32
  • Publisher:Orca Book Publishers
  • Themes:picture book for kids, dog picture book, social emotional learning, SEL, character building
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  • Available:05/19/2026
  • Lexile:320L
Hardcover
9781459842571
$21.95
Ebook
9781459842595
$17.99

On a trip to the park with his owner, a dog notices a statue of a little girl sitting on a bench.

Could this be a new friend? But when she stays stone-cold silent, he decides to ignore her right back. Besides, she doesn’t play fetch or give pets or offer treats. What’s the point?

But the more the dog visits her, the more he realizes that the girl has some good traits. Unlike his owner, she never makes him dress up in silly clothes or scolds him. She’s always there to listen, and to lean on. Even though she’s different, she’s there for him day after day, and the dog realizes that she might be a rock-solid friend after all.

“A charming tribute to the unrelenting and unconditional acceptance a dog gives.”
– Mike Boldt, illustrator of the Chip the Dog series
“We could all stand to learn to love like a dog loves. Kids do it best, and every kid is going to fall for this book.”
– Adam Rex, award-winning author and illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich