Written by | Bobbi Jane Kates |
Illustrator | Joe Mathieu |
Published | 1992 |
Publisher | Random House |
Series | Please Read to Me |
ISBN | 0679832270 |
We're Different, We're the Same is a book stressing how people and Muppets may differ in size, shape, color, and other external details, but remain fundamentally the same. A series of pages contrast illustrated snapshots of different noses, mouth, hairstyles, and other features, followed by a page showing a mass of people enjoying similar activities.
In 2018, the Sesame Street YouTube channel posted a read-along video with Gordon reading the story, and featuring Elmo and Abby Cadabby. (YouTube) A celebrity read-along was published to the YouTube channel in 2022, featuring Zazie Beetz, Rosie Perez, Haim, Ava DuVernay, Jacob Batalon, Tamron Hall, Troy Kotsur, and Zahn McClarnon. (YouTube)
Characters[]
- Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Herry Monster, Barkley, Farley, Telly Monster, Prairie Dawn, Rosita, Little Bird, Frazzle, Honkers, Twiddlebug, Sesame Street Monsters, Anything Muppets, Kids, Laurel and Hardy
Other editions[]
Revisions[]
- The title on the cover was redesigned with each reissue necessitating replacement of several AM monsters.
- The 2017 cover replaced Rosita with a girl wearing a hijab.
- The 2021 cover added a kippah to the boy in the upper left.