Lucy and Lila

PreS-Gr 2—Lila, a giant pink elephant, is the perfect friend for Lucy. She pushes the child on the swing with her trunk and boosts her up high to pick apples. Lila slurps tea from a tiny cup and is a great Frisbee partner. Lucy is happy with her new friend, but her classmates doubt that she has such a unique companion. When the art teacher passes out crayons and colored pencils and tells the class to draw what they did over the weekend, Lucy has a hard time selling the tale of her colorful activities to the rest of the group. Surely Lucy is making up her giant pink playmate. The snickers and laughs continue, but Lucy and readers share a satisfying conclusion when a pink trunk is spotted picking up Lucy from the bus stop. Colorful illustrations complement the sweet text and the fact that they're seemingly done in the crayons and colored pencils the students use seamlessly connects them to the narrative.