Same, Same But Different

same same butElliot lives in America and Kailish lives in India. They exchange drawings and notes as part of a Picture Pals project in their schools. The boys compare families, pets, cities, alphabets, and art and yoga classes, and discover that they are best friends even though they live in two different worlds. Or do they? “Different, different but the same!” The colorful, detailed and vivid art, rendered in acrylic, crayon, pencil, collage, and tissue paper, illustrates the differences and similarities between the boys’ homes. Stamps on the endpapers are whimsical and fun. In this age of instant access through the Internet, students can see a different way to communicate. The author/illustrator traveled to Nepal and India where she learned the popular saying “same, same but different” that is used to compare cultures. mjw
Title: Same, Same But Different
Author: Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Illustrator
: Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Publisher
: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Copyright
: 2011
Original Language
: English
ISBN
: 978-0-8050-8946-2
Hardcover pages
: 40
Age range
: 4-7
Genre
: Picture Book
Book setting
: U.S. and India
Author’s ethnicity
: U.S.
Author’s residence
: U.S.
Illustrator’s ethnicity
: U.S.
Illustrator’s residence
: U.S.
Awards
: 2012 South Asia Book Award, 2012 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award
Subjects
: Alphabet, Friendship, Pen pals

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