A Friend Like Simon by Kate Gaynor & illustrated Caitriona Sweeney
A Friend Like Simon by Kate Gay nor & illustrated Caitriona Sweeney Realistic Fiction Grade: Pre-K - 2nd Awards: Moonbeam Children's Book Award Winner 2009 Summary: A Friend Like Simon is a story about a boy named Matthew and how he became friends with Simon. On the first day, Matthew said hello to Simon's mom, but Simon just stared at the ground. Simon's teacher told the class that he would do some lessons with the class and some with his special teacher. Matthew asked Simon to play at recess but he liked being alone. Matthew noticed that Simon would get upset at little things and rearrange his pencils and books the same way each day. Matthew stopped asking Simon to play because he was different. On the way to the fair, Simon and Matthew sat next to each other on the bus and shared a sandwich. Simon stood up to "horrible Hettie" when she cut in the icecream line and Matthew was grateful. Matthew learned that sometimes Simon would play and sometimes he...