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Ramona + Sparrowboy = BFF

by Elissa Gershowitz
Aug 24, 2017 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
Who else imagines that these two would be friends?

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And maybe with him?

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And her!



What other characters do you imagine as BFFs in Children's Lit Land?

Elissa Gershowitz

Elissa Gershowitz is editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc. She holds an MA from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons University and a BA from Oberlin College.

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Elissa Gershowitz

Max, Alexander, and No, David!: Any babysitter's nightmare.

Posted : Aug 25, 2017 05:21

grrlpup

I'm loving the big sister, Lily, in Karen English's It All Comes Down to This. She and Beezus would have a LOT to bond over.

Posted : Aug 25, 2017 04:54

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