Will I Have a Friend?

Jim faces his fears of making a friend on his first day of kindergarten in this picture book by Miriam Cohen, chosen as the Library of Congresss Childrens Book of the Year. When Pa was taking Jim to school for the first time, Jim said, Will I have a friend at school? I think you will, said Pa. But even his fathers gentle reassurance doesnt make Jim feel any better. The other children in kindergarten are scary strangers to him. Hes sure that hell never find a frienduntil naptime, when he discovers someone who feels the way he does.