Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
by Ben Clanton
Early reader · ages 4–8 · 420L (~1st–2nd grade) · 64 pages · 2016
Why we'd hand it over
Clanton's warmth and deadpan absurdist humor make this the gold-standard friendship book for early readers—kids laugh, absorb kindness without preaching, and ask for it again.