"Big, small, curly, straight, loud, quiet, smooth, wrinkly. Lovely explores a world of differences that all add up to the same thing: we are all lovely!"--

When Emma learns that her class picture will be taken while she must wear an eye patch, she is sad because she will look different from the other first-graders.

Four young rabbit siblings use their unique talents to devise a way to cross the stream and make friends with the squirrels who just moved there.

"Otto the Owl doesn't fit in because he would rather recite poetry than hunt mice"--

A shy boy becomes friends with an unusual girl after she suggests that he dress as a frog, but his frustration when they work on his costume chases her away.

Woolbur, a sheep with a mind of his own, never seems to follow the flock, despite his parents' reminders about how he should behave.

A friendless girl who is teased for being different runs away from her village in tears and finds herself having a conversation with a very unusual tree, who tells a story of how his differences not only saved his life, they helped him see that he is not so very different after all.

Two twin girls, who have always shared everything, sleep in separate beds with their own blankets for the first time.

A guinea fowl without spots feels out of place, so he writes a letter to request some spots.

If you choose to wear unmatched shoes, can they still be a pair?