Stories of things or people who that aren't quite one category or the other. Books chosen by my co-worker, and this selection specifically chosen by our "pinch hitter" back-up.
Hoot and Peep
Lita Judge
ISBN: 9780525428374
Hoot is excited to show his little sister Peep around town at night, and to teach her all the owly things she needs to learn, but Peep can't seem to get the hang of hooting properly. Hoot tries and tries to get her to do it "right" but eventually learns that relationships and creativity are more important than rules. Very beautiful artwork, but the quality of the art and the tone of the storyline seem a bit mis-matched to me.
A Cub in the Tub
Marv Alinis, illustrated by Kathleen Petelinsek
ISBN: 9781503823570
An "early reader" book, this features Bub the cub who is dirty and needs a bath and then his dinner. Very short and simple, with cute but simple, limited-palette artwork.
Neither
Airlie Anderson
ISBN: 9780316547697
In the Land of This and That, there are blue Thises (bunnies) and yellow Thats (birds) and one really confused green Something Else. No one wants to play with it, no one wants to claim it, and neither side really wants to associate with it. It's shamed as a Neither, and kicked out to find Somewhere Else to fit in. Instead it finds the Land of All, and is welcomed by a set of rainbow-hued imaginary and combinatory animals (I especially like the purple butterfly-kitten and a background bearbat) to have fun and play. After introductions and reminders that All here are different and ok, a pair of This and That (with decorated bodies) arrives, also looking for Somewhere Else, because they don't fit in at home either. The Neither chides them for a moment about sending it away, but then welcomes them both to the Land of All. The following spread shows a great plethora of wild, imaginary, combinatory, and "normal" animals and creatures all playing happily together.
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