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Different Just Like Me
Product Code: 69754 ISBN: 978-0-88106-975-4 Binding Information: Hardcover Ages: 4 - 9 Availability: In stock. Price: $16.95 Young April is excited about visiting Grammie, but she has a whole week before she can go. The week goes by quickly, however, as April encounters new and diverse people while she runs errands with her mother. A little girl who talks with her hands, a woman who reads with her fingers, a grown-up who draws pictures for a living, and so many others fascinate her. April wonders why and how these people are different from her and learns how they are also very much alike. This celebration of a world of difference is sure to make every reader appreciate the distinctive qualities in themselves and everyone around them.
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ISBN: 978-1-57091-490-4 Availability: In stock. Price: $7.95 Early Childhood News Directors' Choice Award ABA Kids' Pick of Lists San Diego Book Award – Children's Picture Book Read, America! Collection Parent Council, Selected as Outstanding Children's Books Mean Business Reviews Booklist - March 31, 1999
April can't wait to take the train on Friday to visit Grammie, but it is only Sunday night. Each day of that week, April and her mom run errands, and each day April notices new things: on Monday, a girl on the bus using sign language; on Tuesday, the farmers' market full of fruit in a great variety of colors and shapes, like the people who shop there. April notices a blind woman, a woman in a wheelchair, and a boy sporting a pirate hat. When she finally gets to Grammie's, she sees how the garden next door has roses in straight rows, but Grammie's yard is a riot of flowers. April thinks about the folk she has seen all week, and "like the flowers in Grammie's garden, they were all different from one another, and that's what made them so great." Thr earnest, didactic text is considerably brightened by the engaging illustrations, in which the figures are in full-color acrylics, and backgrounds and landscapes in black-and-white graphite. Samples of braille and the sign language alphabet are included.
School Library Journal - September 30, 1999
A sweet dose of bibliotherapy that explores the similarities and differences among people. The story is told from the point of view of a little girl anticipating a visit to her grandmother's house. Every day as she waits, the girl and her mother go on an errand. On each of these trips, the child encounters someone who is different--someone who is either older, speaks another language, has a disability, or is doing the same thing she is. Acrylic paints highlight only a few items or people in each of the pen-and-ink illustrations, inviting children to take a closer look while reinforcing the story's point. Tolerance and acceptance are difficult concepts to address for a young audience, and this book does it in a manner that can be applied to a number of situations.
Library Talk - October 31, 1999
The weeklong wait to visit her grandmother seems much too long for April, but time passes quickly as she begins to notice all the different people around her. Monday she sees two children talking with their hands, but they wave just like her. At the Farmers' Market she hears a lot of different languages, but they all like to shop at the market. The lady on the elevator with her dog needs to read the floor numbers with her fingers, but she gets off on the correct floor just like April. When she finally gets to her grandmother's, she notices that the flowers in the neighbor's yard are lined up neatly, while Grammie's are all over. Mrs. Wong's grandson is April's best friend and he can run fast, just like her. The book's illustrations are multi-ethnic and include a woman in a wheelchair. A pleasant, although short, story. |
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