Can We Be Friends? Unexpected Animal Friendships from Around the World

In Can We Be Friends? Unexpected Animal Friendships from Around the World, you get to learn about animals that you wouldn’t think would be friends, but are. The animals in the book include “wild” ones such as the hippo, cheetah, elephant, gorilla, and dolphin. The other animals include “normal” ones such as the turtle, sheep, dog, and cat. Each set of animals has a fun rhyme about them before there is a page about how and why they became friends.

I like all these animals and found it interesting that they became friends with their respective animal friends. My mom says that they’re like people – different, but still able to be friends and friendly toward each other. The pictures are pretty with some similar colors between the animals and the landscapes. There are five sets of animals shown in the book. Each set includes two animals that might seem like they’d eat each other, but it’s always a happy ending with them being friends.

I think that kids of any age will enjoy this book; there are fun pictures for little kids and facts about the animals for older kids to enjoy.