individuality

Explores the diversity in our physical appearances.

Over the course of a long summer in Wales, sixteen-year-old Ginny, the mixed-race, artist daughter of an English father and a Haitian mother, learns that she has a half-brother from her father's earlier marriage, and that her own mother may still be alive.

"When your OUTERcorn doesn't match your INNERcorn... a story is born! Join us as a unicorn finds the answer to a very important question!"--Provided by publisher.

"Dennis is an ordinary boy who expresses himself in extraordinary ways. Some children do show-and-tell. Dennis mimes his. Some children climb trees. Dennis is happy to BE a tree... But being a mime can be lonely. It isn't until Dennis meets a girl named Joy that he discovers the power of friendship--and how special he truly is!"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces preschoolers to differences and similarities in people's physical characteristics, and demonstrates why it's important to treat others as we wish to be treated.

The students in Ms. Perez's classroom learn about a new way of communicating when Jacob, a boy who has a hearing disability, joins the group.

Thirteen-year-old, Southern California surfer Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch is a unique mix of Jewish, Japanese, and Cuban heritage; and when her grandfather, Saul, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she asks him to tell her his life story in order to better understand her own history.

Rhyming verses describe many of the reasons for celebrating one's unique qualities.

An exclamation point learns that being different can be very exciting.

Willa,who want to feel extraordinary, thinks that she's in love with the father of the boy next door until she realizes that her "ordinary" true love is the boy himself.