I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan
I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan
I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan
I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan
I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan
I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan
I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan

I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy and Erin Kraan

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Ages: 3–6 years

From beloved children's author Kristen Tracy and the #1 New York Times-bestselling illustrator of Buffalo Fluffalo, Erin Kraan, comes a hilarious picture book that follows the adventures of a well-meaning grizzly bear trying to help her forest friends.

Don’t look at this bear and think she is ferocious. Quite the opposite of grizzly. She is friendly!

Need directions? She’s your bear. What about an afternoon snack? Look no further. Being this thoughtful has always come naturally to her, and she just knows it’s appreciated by all her forest friends. Keep an eye out! There’s always someone in need of a helping hand―or paw.

From the silly to the sincere, I Am Friendly will resonate with every big-hearted reader.

Kristen Tracy is a former teacher, a poet, a winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation, and an author of numerous books for children including I Am Picky: Confessions of a Fussy Eater, I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear, and the middle-grade novel Don’t Trust the Cat. She lives in Santa Clarita with her family.

Erin Kraan is a children’s book illustrator, woodcutter, and printmaker. Her recent illustrated picture book, Buffalo Fluffalo, authored by Bess Kalb, was an instant Indie Bestseller, a Good Housekeeping 2024 Kids’ Book Award Winner and was most recently named a Barnes & Noble ‘Best Book of 2024’. Something’s Wrong! by Jory John was also an indie bestseller, received the Kirkus Star and was included in Kirkus’s Best Picture Books of 2021 list. Most recently I Am Friendly, authored by Kristen tracy, was named an indigo ‘Top 10 Picture Book of 2024.’

Erin loves the process of carving her characters into wood and seeing how their quirky and whimsical identities come to life through the ink in the prints. You can often find her doodling while drinking milky coffee and wearing cozy socks. Erin lives with her Bernedoodle, Mister, in Vancouver, Canada.

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Erin Kraan

Erin Kraan is a children’s book illustrator, woodcutter, and printmaker. Her recent illustrated picture book, Buffalo Fluffalo, authored by Bess Kalb, was an instant Indie Bestseller, a Good Housekeeping 2024 Kids’ Book Award Winner and was most recently named a Barnes & Noble ‘Best Book of 2024’. Something’s Wrong! by Jory John was also an indie bestseller, received the Kirkus Star and was included in Kirkus’s Best Picture Books of 2021 list. Most recently I Am Friendly, authored by Kristen tracy, was named an indigo ‘Top 10 Picture Book of 2024.’

Erin loves the process of carving her characters into wood and seeing how their quirky and whimsical identities come to life through the ink in the prints. You can often find her doodling while drinking milky coffee and wearing cozy socks. Erin lives with her Bernedoodle, Mister, in Vancouver, Canada.

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