friendship book ideas

We Brought Our Doubt to the Picnic

An original poetry collection follows adult friends making room for uncertainty during an imperfect summer. Shared food and interrupted plans reveal the difference between company and the pressure to be cheerful.

The Pigeon Who Delivered the Ocean

A proud adult pigeon accepts one very heavy delivery: a teaspoon of ocean for a landlocked friend. Every neighborhood animal offers a different way to carry it.

A Field Guide to Staying for Dinner

An original collection of poems follows adult friends learning to receive hospitality after years of being useful. Meals become occasions for awkward joy, unequal effort and the courage to leave some things unsolved.

The Body I Have Is Expecting Company

An original sequence follows an adult speaker preparing to host friends while her body and confidence change. The poems find wit in ordinary preparations without making appearance or energy a price of welcome.

The Dragon Who Sneezed the Alphabet

An adult dragon's enormous sneeze scatters all the letters from a village library. The librarian helps him gather them by sound, including the quiet letter nobody has noticed missing.