The Long Ride Home

<b>A tender picture book that celebrates memories and friendship about a young koala and a friend who has moved away.</b><br><br>Little Koala has a long ride home and every place her mother passes invokes a memory of her best friend: the ice cream shop where they giggled uncontrollably; the hill in the park where they crashed their bikes (that memory also lives on as a little scar on Koala&#146;s knee) the library where they borrowed their favorite book again and again. <br>&#160;<br>Koala&#146;s friendship blooms beautifully on the page seamlessly interwoven with the ride home and soon we learn just why these memories are so important: Koala&#146;s friend has moved away. The story ends on a lovely note of hope: Koala and her friend are still close despite the distance.<br>&#160;<br><i>The Long Ride Home</i> is a universal and&#160;broadly&#160;appealing friendship story that explores the power of memory with tenderness warmth and heart. Stephanie Graegin expertly balances the bittersweet sensations of cherishing a moment long past with artwork that is rendered in soft sepia hues in a way that only she can. <br>&#160;<br><br><br><br>