Books like I'm a Unicorn
By Helen Yoon
For the kid who's already declared themselves a dinosaur, a princess, and a fire truck this week, this is a defense of every wild self-declaration a small person has ever made. Silly, deadpan, and warm, with the comic timing of a kid arguing a point they refuse to lose.
A young bunny tired of cooked carrots and his big ears decides to leave home and try life as a bear, a bird, or a pig instead — searching for where he really belongs.
A self-conscious giraffe named Edward hates his long, bendy neck and tries every trick he can think of to hide it — until a slow-moving turtle helps him see it differently.
After an exhausting Christmas, a worn-out Santa trades the North Pole for sunny Mistletoe Island, surfing and golfing his way into retirement — leaving the reindeer and elves to wonder if Christmas can happen without him.
An awkward naked mole rat with thick glasses and a love of interpretive dance and fungus identification goes looking for other mushroom-obsessed friends who understand her.
A bug-obsessed girl smuggles her insect friends indoors to keep the fun going during a big family reunion, with chaotic results — until Great-Gran turns out to share her passion.
A grumpy seed with a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude who cuts in line and stares at everybody decides he's tired of being bad — and wonders if he can change.
A bacon-loving cowboy and a knock-knock-joke-loving octopus strike up an odd-couple friendship, told through a handful of short, funny stories about their mismatched tastes and habits.
A crayon labeled red is actually blue inside, and no matter how hard he tries — drawing strawberries, mixing orange with a classmate — he just can't make red marks, until a new friend sees him differently.
A celebration told through many young voices, each one honoring the beauty of their own brown skin and finding themselves reflected in the natural world around them.
A young girl with skin the color of midnight longs to be lighter like her mother and sister, until a shooting star's story about the sisters Night and Day changes how she sees herself.
Bored with being an emu, a zoo bird tries out life as a seal, a lion, and a snake — before discovering that being himself suits him best.
Three mysterious visitors crash-land in Mr. Li's field claiming to be from "Europe," and he welcomes them home, feeds them, and helps fix their "car" — no questions asked, even though they're clearly aliens.
