We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) (Pictureback) Paperback – Picture Book, October 13, 1992

Poorly packaged. Al the books were bent

We have the hardback version with paper pages & my 1 year old absolutely loves it but struggles to “help” turn the pages without ripping or wrinkling them. Bought the board book version for her & also as a gift for a niece, and the board book version is shortened! It’s very good quality and vivid pictures but I do wish that the end where it says the part “a rainbow would be boring if it were only green or blue, so aren’t you glad you look like you?” would be the full paragraph because it’s my favorite part of the book. Still read this to my baby pretty much daily. Highly recommend.

This was one of my son’s favorite books. I got one for my great niece and she too loved it. They interact with the pages , point to the many different people, and describe what they see. I’d say the best age to give this book would be 3 and 1/2 to 4 years; they will continue reading it for years.

Love love love this book. So good for all ages.

We love love love this book so much! We had a copy already and purchased a copy for our daughter's preschool. We have purchased copies for friend's too. It is a very inclusive book and so cute!

Very cute books for all children I love it

One of the books my son (two years old) makes me read over and over. He adores this book, which is about how everyone is different and the same (ie, it talks about noses, eyes, skin, etc., showing how everyone is different with these things, but then shows how noses, eyes, skin, etc., are all the same as well). He loves to point to all the different people and body parts in the book and talk about them. For example, he'll point and ask about what the people are doing in a scene, or when the book is talking about eyes, he'll say "Eye!" and point to his eyes or mine.The book is constructed a little flimsy considered how rough kids are with things. I'm not a huge fan of some of the content, but most of it is good. I leave some parts out when we read this out loud just because as a family, we're pretty sensitive to disability issues and this book tries and fails at that (including a person in a wheelchair in one of the crowd scenes doesn't matter when you're talking about how all bodies are the same because they can all dance ...). It's much better than most books at racial diversity. It doesn't address gender at all, just skips that completely.If your kid isn't familiar with Sesame Street already, they're likely going to be a bit confused by the Sesame Street characters in the book. My kid doesn't watch Sesame Street regularly, but he was at least enough aware of it that he wasn't completely puzzled. It still took him reading it a few times to make the connection though.

The book came intact and the quality feels good. Love the pictures in the board book. Looks vibrant. Short sentences so it’s easy to read. Great message.