• Book philosophy = Companionship through community
• Interest Level: Grades K-3; Reading Level: Grades 2-4
• Overarching themes include: Friendship, community, generosity, compassion
• Paloma is lonely after her best friend has moved away. Until she meets Noah and learns that making friends is sometimes as extending generosity and compassion to your neighbor.
  
• Teaching children the importance of compassionate communities
  
• Diversity of characters and their backgrounds is interwoven in the story, opening the door to conversations about community and acceptance
  
• Great title that presents diversity in an understated way.
• Title lends itself as a conversation starter for talks about cultural differences and understanding.