Author: Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
Illustrator: Beni Montresor
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: 1964
Award: Caldecott
Genre: Picture Book and Fantasy Fiction
Audience: Gr. Pre-K-3
Overview: The King and Queen ask a little boy to multiple eating functions and each time the boy is asked to join, he asks if he can bring a friend. By the end of the story, you realize where the boy is getting his friends from and then the boy and his friends ask the King and Queen to join them for tea.
Activity: Have each child discuss a place that their best friend and them went to. After each child has discussed their event, have them draw and color in a picture of what their friend and them did.
Reviewer’s Name: Traci Daelemans
