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- ¥1,500
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In this colorful and touching story that celebrates what makes each of us unique, a little creature that's not quite a bird and not quite a bunny--it's "neither"--searches for a place to fit in.
In the Land of This and That, there are only two kinds: blue bunnies and yellow birds. But one day a funny green egg hatches, and a little creature that's not quite a bird and not quite a bunny pops out. It's neither!
Neither tries hard to fit in, but its bird legs aren't good for jumping like the other bunnies, and its fluffy tail isn't good for flapping like the other birds. It sets out to find a new home and discovers a very different place, one with endless colors and shapes and creatures of all kinds. But when a blue bunny and a yellow bird with some hidden differences of their own arrive, it's up to Neither to decide if they are welcome in the Land of All.
This colorful, simple, and touching story promotes diversity and offers a valuable lesson to the youngest of audiences: it is our differences that unite us.
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Anderson (Cat's Colors) tackles exclusion, difference, and identity in a sweet-tempered fable. Cute blue bunnies and yellow birds stay with their own kind: "these and those." One day, a green bird with rabbit ears hatches. "I'm both!" it announces. "You can't be both!" the birds and bunnies chorus. "You must be neither!" Pushed out of both groups, the winged, long-eared creature takes the name Neither and flies off dejectedly in search of a place to call home, soaring first over regimented blue and yellow fields, then over a verdant forest of blended colors and natural contours. There, other hybrid fantasy animals appear in every color except green. "I'm different from everyone here," worries Neither. "I'm neither red nor orange nor yellow nor blue." The other creatures see it differently. "Exactly!" they cheer their new friend offers them something they don't have. Anderson's candy-colored palette and adorable cast of creatures reflect a spectrum of states of being, creating a book that works as a resource for conversations about race, blended identities, gender norms, and more. Ages 4 8.)
