Yak and Dove
Kyo Maclear, Esmé Shapiro
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
People & Places | Animals | Social Themes
Themes:
Asia, General, Friendship
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
P-3
Age Range:
4-8
Accessible Format Availability:
CELA Library
Description
Friends Yak and Dove are complete opposites. Yak is large and Dove is small. Yak has fur and Dove has feathers. Yak is polite. Dove is ill-mannered. Yak likes quiet. Dove likes noise. One day as Yak and Dove list their differences they come to the conclusion that maybe they aren't meant to be friends. In the hope of finding a new best friend, Yak holds auditions. But when a small feathered contestant sings Yak's favorite song, the two begin to think that maybe they are alike after all . . .
Yak and Dove whimsically captures the highs and lows of friendship through the three interconnected tales of two very different friends.
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IODE Jean Throop Book AwardWinner
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