I've decided this book is like a Rorschach test. What you make if of it probably reveals something about you and the way you make meaning from stories.

My four-year-old was nonplussed. She said something like, "Is that it?" when it was over. She likes it when stories have good guys and bad guys or problems that need to be solved. This book has no conflict whatsoever and she didn't know how to react to that. I look forward to reading it again with her when she's a little older.

As for me, I thought it was about how each person brings their own strengths to a relationship and it can be really nice if those strengths complement each other. Sort of an "opposites attract" kind of thing. It also makes me think of my favorite song from Daniel Tiger (I mean, at least top five) that goes, "In some ways we are different, but in so many ways, we are the same." ( )

I can't say it was a favorite. But I think it might when at ALA's Youth Media Awards. Not sure why I feel that way but we will see.....

It is a book that reminds us that our differences really do make us compatible, that we all bring something unique to the table. ( )