Iris and Walter True Friends

Elissa Haden Guest. Gulliver Books, $14 (44pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202121-4

The dynamic duo that first met in the beginning reader Iris and Walter are back in Iris and Walter: True Friends by Elissa Haden Guest, illus. by Christine Davenier. With Walter's help, Iris slowly befriends a horse called Rain, then works up to riding her; and Iris heads to her new school. The two are as engaging as ever. (May)

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