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We’re the Same, We’re Different and We All Belong

This book will help children love and accept themselves just the way they are, appreciate and celebrate other people’s differences, build their self-confidence and self-esteem and nurture their tolerance, empathy and kindness. In her own heartwarming, hilarious words, Marnie, a spunky multiracial kindergartener, explores the concept of diversity. She finds that differences (e.g. race, size, accent, learning styles, ways of moving around) are only one part of a person’s unique story. This book is an engaging, interactive framework for parents and teachers to introduce that crucial conversation that will transform children’s attitudes towards themselves and others. This engaging, interactive picture book asks readers a series of heartwarming, hilarious questions alongside a quirky main character, and gracefully illustrates that the best friendships can be made when we love what’s different (and the same) about each other.