We're Different and It's Totally Cool!

by Camey Yeh

Overview

Here's a humorous picture book that shows the ways in which we are all different... and how that's really cool! The kid-friendly text and vibrant illustrations explore external and internal similarities and differences through comparisons of animals, objects, and people. A perfect gift for children ages 4-8.

Do you know there's something totally cool about each of us? We're different in all kinds of ways... fun and wonderful ways!

We can be different on the outside, like a red apple and a yellow apple. But we can also be as different as apples and dogs, with different shapes, sizes, and colors.

We can be different on the inside too! We can have different emotions, different dreams, and different ways of expressing ourselves.

There are so many ways we can be different. But it's not only okay... it's totally cool!

With Camey Yeh's warm text, comical comparisons, and quirky illustrations, We're Different and It's Totally Cool! is the perfect read-aloud book that celebrates everyone's uniqueness and all the ways we are fabulously different--inside and out!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593899847
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/22/2025
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Camey Yeh grew up as a Taiwanese American kid feeling a little different from other kids around her. She is now grateful for the way those experiences shaped her into who she is. Today, Camey is an illustrator and writer living in San Francisco with her big fluffy cat, Otis. She draws totally cool stuff inspired by everyday life, big feelings, and little treats.

Editorial Reviews

"A bright meditation on inclusivity." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2025-04-19
All differences are worth celebrating.

“There are so many ways to be different…and it’s totally cool!” an unseen narrator exuberantly proclaims in text rendered in groovy, retro bubble letters. Personified objects with expressive eyes mingle with humans who vary in skin tone, culture, and ability. A red apple peers across the page at a yellow apple wearing glasses (“Sometimes we are alittledifferent”); a page turn reveals the same bespectacled fruit face to face with a large, playful Dalmatian (“And sometimes we areverydifferent”). People and animals come in all shapes and sizes; on the following spread, the dog now appears relatively tiny, lovingly embraced by a larger, bearded, brown-skinned human. Everything and everyone is interwoven; an array of animal treats that shower down upon the pup and a black cat echo the tattoos on the owner’s arm. Yeh acknowledges that differences aren’t always visible: “We can like differentthings. We can feel differentemotions. We allexpressourselves in different ways.” The cluttered illustrations radiate energy and joy, encouraging readers to look closely at all the details. Evoking children’s book author Todd Parr’s direct prose, Yeh ends on one final reminder: “We are all beautiful, unique, and interesting because…we’re different and it’s totally cool!”

A bright meditation on inclusivity.(Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews