The Most Important Thing

A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year.
UNESCO Literacy Prize Honorable Mention for Peace and Tolerance

An important message of unity delivered in the form of an engaging timeless fable. Told with charming humor and large fold-out pages, The Most Important Thing introduces the concept of accepting differences to the youngest of readers.

The animals of the forest have assembled to discuss what is the most important thing: is it to have a trunk like an elephant, quills like...