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celebrating differences

Books about celebrating differences for readers of all ages.

Cover of Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!

Laurie B. Friedman

Ages 4–9sharingfamily

Cover of Hairy Harold

Hairy Harold

Laurence Anholt

Ages 4–8acceptancefamily

Cover of Star of the Week

Star of the Week

Barney Saltzberg

Ages 4–8individualityself-confidence

Cover of Boy, Can He Dance!

Boy, Can He Dance!

Eileen Spinelli, Paul Yalowitz

Ages 3–8fathers and sonsdance and self-expression

Cover of The Wicked Big Toddlah

The Wicked Big Toddlah

Kevin Hawkes

Ages 2–6body acceptanceself-esteem

Cover of All of me!

All of me!

Molly Bang

Ages 3–7body awarenessself-acceptance

Cover of The hopping hero

The hopping hero

John Sazaklis

Ages 4–8heroismfriendship

Cover of Whimsy

Whimsy

Ruchi Mhasane, Annie Wood Besant

Ages 3–7individualityself-acceptance

Cover of The ugly guide to the uglyverse

The ugly guide to the uglyverse

David Horvath, Sun-Min Kim

Ages 7–12individualityself-acceptance

Cover of Bunnies and their hobbies

Bunnies and their hobbies

Nancy L. Carlson

Ages 3–7hobbiesindividuality

Cover of Silverlake Art Show

Silverlake Art Show

Poppy Green

Ages 6–10creativityart and expression

Cover of Great Grandpa Is Weird

Great Grandpa Is Weird

Stephanie Bilovsky, Tracy Nishimura Bishop

Ages 3–8familyacceptance

Cover of I Am Utterly Unique

I Am Utterly Unique

Vivian Strand

Ages 5–10individualityself-acceptance

Cover of The Little Drummer Mouse

The Little Drummer Mouse

Mercer Mayer

Ages 4–8music and creativitypurpose and belonging

Cover of Slowpoke

Slowpoke

Emily Smith Pearce

Ages 4–8individualityself-acceptance

Cover of The Only One Club

The Only One Club

Jane Naliboff

Ages 5–8individualitybelonging

Cover of Lyle and the Birthday Party

Lyle and the Birthday Party

Bernard Waber

Ages 4–8friendshipacceptance

Cover of Too Loud Lily

Too Loud Lily

Sofie Laguna

Ages 4–8self-acceptanceindividuality

Cover of Wolfmen Don't Hula Dance

Wolfmen Don't Hula Dance

Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey

Ages 7–11friendshipacceptance

Cover of Hooray for Me!

Hooray for Me!

Remy Charlip, Lilian Moore

Ages 4–8self-esteemindividuality

Cover of Some dogs do

Some dogs do

Jez Alborough

Ages 3–7individualityself-acceptance

Cover of Spooky friends

Spooky friends

Jane Feder

Ages 4–8friendshipacceptance

Cover of I'm not

I'm not

Pam Smallcomb

Ages 4–8individualityfriendship

Cover of Miss Lazar is bizarre!

Miss Lazar is bizarre!

Dan Gutman

Ages 7–11individualityacceptance