On Friendship: A Selection

by Louise Bachelder (Editor), Eric Carle (Illustrator)

On Friendship, Various, Edited by Louise Bachelder, Peter Pauper Press,1966, illustrated by Eric Carle, 62 pages. Book; beige boards with purple rose on front and back boards, black lettering to front board and spine. Dust jacket; matching design with the book. Book; Near fine. Tight and clean throughout. Some dust to the top edge of the pages, else fine. Dust jacket; Near fine. Bright and clean, not faded, a few slight smudges to the front panel is all that keeps this from being Fine.

Genres: Nonfiction, Inspirational

62 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

Reviews

[michelle (travelingbooknerds) · Rating 3 out of 5]

i thrifted a 4th printing of this cute little quote book on friendship from out of the closet in weho for $.50 (they were doing a 50% off books and media markdown sale) because i throughly the cover was rly cute (mine is blue, green, and teal cover with a bouquet of blue, pink, purple, and red flowers tied together with a baby pink ribbon inside a pink and white diamond), and i’m writing a piece about friendship and needed some inspo. the quotes i loved from this selection i truly adore, but as can be with the case with selections and anthologies, the overall selection can be a mixed bag of hits and misses and unfortunately that was the case for me here. some of the quotes felt extremely dated, some i disagreed with, some i felt indifferent about. loved the lithographic illustrations by eric carle. overall a 3 feels fair because what i did enjoy i enjoyed deeply and it’s cute, short, and sweet.

[The_J · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent mix of quotes, but really attempts the clarity of a relationship that is difficult to define and harder to hold.

[Evie · Rating 3 out of 5]

These sweet little collections of quotes are really endearing. This one isn't filled with exhausted words, thank goodness. I was also pleasantly surprised that Eric Carle illustrated it.