Not So Different

Not So Different
Author: Shane Burcaw
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250197880

Not So Different offers a humorous, relatable, and refreshingly honest glimpse into Shane Burcaw’s life. Shane tackles many of the mundane and quirky questions that he’s often asked about living with a disability, and shows readers that he’s just as approachable, friendly, and funny as anyone else. Shane Burcaw was born with a rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy, which hinders his muscles’ growth. As a result, his body hasn’t grown bigger and stronger as he’s gotten older—it’s gotten smaller and weaker instead. This hasn’t stopped him from doing the things he enjoys (like eating pizza and playing sports and video games) with the people he loves, but it does mean that he routinely relies on his friends and family for help with everything from brushing his teeth to rolling over in bed. A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017

Not So Different

Not So Different
Author: Cyana Riley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2021-05-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781955077187

Not So Different is a book encouraging children to embrace their differences and celebrate diversity. Inspired by her interracial marriage and biracial children, Cyana hopes to create a space where children are able to talk about and learn from each other's differences. Not So Difference provides clear imagery of the many ways in which we are different, while also recognizing the ways we are the same.

Diarou's Not So Different

Diarou's Not So Different
Author: Diarou Bayo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781950807116

Diarou is an African immigrant starting her first week in a new school, in a new country, speaking a new language... and she feels completely alone. Can she find a way to connect across language barriers to make a true friend?

Not So Different

Not So Different
Author: Nathan H. Lents
Publisher:
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2016
Genre: Animal behavior
ISBN: 9780231178327

With evidence from psychology, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology and ethnolgy, the biologist Nathan H. Lents argues that the same evolutionary forces of cooperation and competition have shaped both humans and animals.

Different--A Great Thing to Be!

Different--A Great Thing to Be!
Author: Heather Avis
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593232658

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This joyful rhyming book encourages children to value the “different” in all people, leading the way to a kinder world in which the differences in all of us are celebrated and embraced. Macy is a girl who’s a lot like you and me, but she's also quite different, which is a great thing to be. With kindness, grace, and bravery, Macy finds her place in the world, bringing beauty and laughter wherever she goes and leading others to find delight in the unique design of every person. Children are naturally aware of the differences they encounter at school, in their neighborhood, and in other everyday relationships. They just need to be given tools to understand and appreciate what makes us “different,” permission to ask questions about it, and eyes to see and celebrate it in themselves as well as in those around them.

Different Like Me

Different Like Me
Author: Xochitl Dixon
Publisher: Discovery House
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1640701087

Adventure with a diverse group of children as they discover and celebrate that we all have more in common than we might think. God made each of us unique, but sometimes these differences can leave us feeling like a fish out of water. In Different Like Me, follow a diverse group of children as they work together to help a giant fish balloon toward a surprising conclusion that will delight children. Celebrate our differences and uncover what we have in common on this whimsical journey that reminds readers that no matter how different, all of us are a part of God’s wonderful creation.

We're Not So Different After All

We're Not So Different After All
Author: Lissette Lent
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015-04-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781503018747

Written from the perspective of Maggie's older brother Noah,"We're Not So Different After All", is a playful story of acceptance and understanding featuring Maggie Hope, a little girl with special needs. This book helps raise awareness in a colorful and playful manner with a teaching tool to help parents start important conversations with their children.

Full Cicada Moon

Full Cicada Moon
Author: Marilyn Hilton
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2015
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN: 0525428755

In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.

No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality

No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality
Author: Judith Rich Harris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2010-02-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393079511

"A display of scientific courage and imagination." —William Saletan, New York Times Book Review Why do people—even identical twins reared in the same home—differ so much in personality? Armed with an inquiring mind and insights from evolutionary psychology, Judith Rich Harris sets out to solve the mystery of human individuality.

My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2001-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593115007

"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book