The same but different too

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Title:

The same but different too

Author:

Newson, Karl, author.

Hindley, Kate, illustrator.

Summary:

These children and animals are all very different to each other. Some are big, some are small. Some are gentle, some are rough. Everyone is playful, but who's the best at hiding? But one thing's certain: they all love a good bedtime story! The perfect picture book for little ones who are just beginning to make sense of their place in the world.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Stories in rhyme.

Subject Term:

Individual differences -- Juvenile fiction.

Individuality -- Juvenile fiction.

Animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Hindley, Kate,

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Publication Date:

2020

2019

ISBN:

9781536212013

Publication Information:

Sommerville, MA : Candlewick Press, [2020]

Call Number:

P NEWSON

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Summary

"Charming pairs of human and animal characters celebrate their similarities and differences...Entertaining."
-- Kirkus Reviews

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.

Author Notes

Karl Newson writes for the children's book blog The Mudwaffler and contributes to The Creative Attic , an online publication of illustrated poetry. He is the author of For All the Stars Across the Sky and A Bear Is a Bear (except when he's not) . He lives in England.

Kate Hindley is a children's book illustrator living and working in the U.K. She worked as a print designer before illustrating her first book, Claire Freedman's The Great Snortle Hunt , which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then, she has illustrated a number of books, including the Smashie McPerter chapter books and Don't Call Me Choochie Pooh! by Sean Taylor.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

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.)