Paula and Maggie have been best friends forever. Paula, a beaver, thinks her elephantine pal is just great—until Veronica says otherwise. Suddenly, Paula notices that Maggie is kind of big and clumsy, and her clothes are sort of snuggish. Instead of sticking up for Maggie, Paula says nothing and ignores her old friend. But when Veronica turns on Paula, Maggie’s true colours shine through. Told entirely from Paula’s perspective, with Maggie’s emotional story conveyed only through Hannah’s stunning illustrations, this moving friendship story has all the heart and emotion of The Giving Tree and Kevin Henkes’s Chrysanthemum. It is a classic in the making, truly a book to cherish.