The Weeping Willow
By Patrick Jennings; Anna Alter (Illustrator)
(Holiday House, Hardcover, 9780823416714, 56pp.)
Publication Date: September 2002
Categories: Readers - Beginner, Social Issues - Values, Social Issues - Friendship
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Description
In this story about the rewards of friendship and family, Ike and his best friend, Buzzy, are going to build a tree house in a nearby weeping willow. But things begin badly when the boys refuse to allow Ike's little sister, Mem, to join since she's a girl. Then they get worse when Buzzy won't share his snack with Ike.











