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21) Be a friend
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Dennis is an ordinary boy who expresses himself in extraordinary ways. Some children do show-and-tell. Dennis mimes his. Some children climb trees. Dennis is happy to BE a tree... But being a mime can be lonely. It isn't until Dennis meets a girl named Joy that he discovers the power of friendship--and how special he truly is!"--
23) Odd Velvet
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Although she dresses differently from the other girls and does things which are unusual, Velvet eventually teaches her classmates that even an outsider has something to offer.
Author
Series
Flight school volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Even though his penguin friends would rather swim, Penguin dreams of flying.
26) Oddbird
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Language
English
Description
It's SO hot outside. All the fancy birds are gathered around the water, wishing they could cool off. But they don't want to get wet and ruin their fine feathers. Oddbird isn't worried about his feathers; he wants to go for a refreshing dip. But he doesn't fit in. He's not fancy, or colorful. He's just... different. The other birds don't want him around. How can he join them? --from Amazon.
27) Old hat
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After buying one outrageous hat after another in an attempt to keep up with the latest fashions set by his teasing animal friends, Harbet the dog learns that true happiness comes from being yourself.
28) Perfect pigeons
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
In a flock of "perfectly same" pigeons, one member redefines perfection, demonstrating the joys of being unique.
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 8
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, Perfect, and Tacky are having a wonderful Christmas, complete with an unusual tree, when Tacky's odd behavior saves them from a group of hunters.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Young Maggie struggles to master her chopsticks. It seems nearly everyone around the dinner table has something to say about the right way to hold them. But when Father reminds her not to worry about what everyone else thinks, Maggie finally gets a grip on an important lesson...everyone is different and there is no right or wrong way to hold chopsticks.
31) I'm fun, too!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
What happens when a classic, ordinary Lego minifigure meets a crew of extraordinary minifigures, with their elaborate vehicles, colorful clothes, and wild accessories? He thinks he's no fun at all!
Author
Series
The Dunderheads volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested for stealing jewelry.
34) Gaston
Author
Series
Gaston and friends volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.
37) What I am
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A young narrator describes herself as many things at the same time - a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, American, both selfish and generous, mean and kind - and these seeming contradictions are precisely what makes her a unique individual.
38) Geraldine
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to fit in as the only giraffe in a school of children, reluctant newcomer Geraldine meets fellow outcast Cassie and learns how to stand out by being herself, playing by her own rules, and staying true to her new friend.
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