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A hilarious and tender picture book that insightfully explores the inner world of a child. The picture book debut from the New York Times bestselling author of I Survived, Lauren Tarshis!

To the outside world, it might look like you do everything right: eat your broccoli, share your toys, and behave in the bath. But what about the moments when no one is looking, and your messier, mushier, scared-ier self is revealed? The only one who knows is… the loyal dog friend who sees it all and still loves you just the way you are.

This celebration of friendship, loyalty, and unconditional love with man’s — and child’s — best friend is sure to delight and entertain readers of all ages. Laugh along with recognition and delight in this ode to being true to yourself. With tender, humorous text from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis, and joyful, expressive watercolors from artist Lisa Mezoff, this sweet book presents a validating message of confidence, empowerment, and unconditional love.

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Emma-Jean is a 7th grader at William Gladstone Middle School. Her best friends are her mom, her bird Henri, the school janitor Mr. Petrowski, and Vikram Adwani, a graduate student who lives on the third floor of Emma-Jean’s house. Emma-Jean is content in her world. She has no interest in becoming friends with the other girls in the seventh grade. Their lives are so messy. They’re always shrieking and crying and getting into fights. Emma-Jean is extremely logical, like her late beloved father, Eugene Lazarus, a mathematician who died in a car accident.

But then one day, Emma-Jean finds kind and generous Colleen Pomerantz sobbing in the girls room, convinced that the meanest girl in school is trying to steal her best friend. Emma-Jean knows she shouldn’t get involved. But poor Colleen is so distraught. And Emma-Jean wonders: maybe she could help? Maybe her awesome powers of logic would enable her to solve Colleen’s problems?

From this moment, Emma-Jean’s neatly ordered world begins to tilt, until it is turned totally upside down. But soon she connects with Colleen, and learns that the messy world of friendship is a world worth exploring. 

Awards for Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

• SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction
• Finalist, E.B. White Award 
• Book Sense Pick
• Best Children’s Book of the Year, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, 
  New York Public Library

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Emma-Jean Lazarus is back in the companion to Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. When Emma-Jean thinks about asking Will Keeler to the Spring Fling dance, she gets a fluttering feeling in her heart. What would someone like Will say to someone like Emma-Jean? After all, Emma-Jean is a little different. Meanwhile, Emma- Jean’s best friend, Colleen, has a secret admirer. With the Spring Fling just days away, she asks Emma-Jean to figure out who he is so maybe then Colleen could ask him to the dance. It’s a perfect plan. But what Emma-Jean discovers could have consequences for everyone?