Title: The Blessings of Friendship Treasury

Author: Mary Engelbreit

ISBN:   978-0310745099

SRP: 17.95 (hardback)

My Rating:      

My Review: The Blessings of Friendship Treasury by Mary Engelbreit touched my heart with its sweet words and illustrations on friendship. This book covers several poems, quotes and Bible verses about friendship.  To accompany each is a vivid illustration.  Some of the quotes and poems are by Charles Dickens, Shel Silverstein, George MacDonald, William Butler Yeats, Henry David Thoreau and Shel Silverstein.

My favorite poem was ‘Hug O’ War’ by Shel Silverstein.   Because there is a nice variety in the length of the poems, I recommend that you read only a few pages at a time for children under eight.

Of my two complaints about this book, the first is the lack of diversity.  While this book includes some minority ethnicity, it is probably less than ten percent.  My other complaint is that this book does not include what I consider the most powerful Bible verse of friendship (John 15:15).  Despite these complaints, I think this book is a wonderful learning aid about what it means to be a friend.

That is all for now.

Continue to pray for me as I pray for you, Corine

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I was provided with a review copy of The Blessings of Friendship Treasury by the publisher in exchange for my honest review.  This post contains affiliate links.