Circle of Three : Enough Friendship to Go Around?

Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Juvenile Fiction (Bronze)

Mom's Choice Award for Juvenile Self Improvement (Silver)

“Good things come in threes,” my mom always says, when Kate, Bella, and I walk in the door, and mostly
it’s true.

Three friends can play most board games, jump rope together, invent a club, play hide-and-go-seek, form
a circle, have laughing fits, and do a really good dance routine.

But three doesn’t always feel so fun. When there are three friends, somewhere, sometime, somehow
someone will get left out.

Good things come in threes. That's how best friends Lindsey, Bella, and Kate usually feel. But sometimes three doesn't always feel so fun…

• Three means if the teacher says to pick partners, it's a race to see who can catch eyes first.
• Three means if you can ask only one friend to spend the night, you're forced to make a hard choice.
• Three means if you have a fight, one of you is stuck in the middle.

Lindsey, Bella, and Kate stumble over these and other common friendship dilemmas, making amends, finding solutions, expanding their circle, and becoming even better friends than before.

Includes "Girl Talk" discussion questions at the end of each chapter.

Elizabeth Brokamp a licensed professional counselor, knows that "friendship circles are a big source of both pleasure and stress for girls." She worked for many years as a school counselor and currently maintains a private practice. She lives with her husband and four children (three of whom are girls) near Washington, D.C.

Joni Stringfield loves creating all types of illustration, especially children's book art, including the art for Circle of Three. "This story touched me because it reminded me of my own childhood," she says. "I went through similar situations, but mostly I remember the great friendships, and I'm still thankful for them". She lives in San Francisco.