by Karl Newson (Author) Kate Hindley (Illustrator)
I am me, you are you. We're the same, but different too. There's something about each of us that makes us special. But while everyone is unique, we all have many things in common as well. Explore the ways that we are all the same but different, too, in this joyful and simple celebration of individuality and camaraderie.
Filled with children and their animal friends, this rhyming text illuminates the wonderfully different and similar things that make us who we are.
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Life would be a snooze if everyone were the same, but it's also nice to have some things in common. That's the simple premise of Newson (I Am a Tiger) and Hindley's (Be More Bernard) rhyming bedtime book. Each vignette pairs a sweet-natured, anthropomorphized animal with a wide-eyed human kid who points out how the pair reflects shared likes, qualities, or differences. "I am hungry/ You are too," notes a child using a wheelchair, who stares at a very tall and precarious stack of pancakes while sitting across from an anteater (matching checked napkins are neatly tucked under both chins). On the opposite page, a kid about to be examined by a smiling crocodile dentist notes (without alarm), "I have fewer teeth than you." The layout lends a jaunty visual rhythm, and pencil and digitally colored images offer an elegant, easygoing vibe. The wrap-up is a lovely note of unity: everyone gathers for a story, and then heads to the ultimate bunk bed--portrayed in a vertical spread--for a collective lights out. Ages 2-5. (Apr.)
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