{"product_id":"2940014750455","title":"Different Is Best","description":"Sue and Jen are identical twin sisters who do absolutely everything together.  Nobody can tell them apart - not even their parents!  At their birthday party, they decide to show people how different they really are.  Confusion ensues as the girls go a bit too far in their search to look unique.  Then, when two unexpected guests arrive at the party, Sue and Jen are the most surprised of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders don't have to be - or even know - identical twins to delight in this tale of two creative girls who set out to dress up so uniquely that people could not possibly, conceivably, EVER mistake them for each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLength:  About 1,300 words (the length of a longer picture book)\u003cbr\u003eAge: 4 to 8 years\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated:  No - This edition has no pictures.\u003cbr\u003eForm: Rhyming poetic verse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy DIFFERENT IS BEST?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDifferent is Best is a snappy, fast-paced story for kids of early grade school or late preschool age. It can be read aloud or read to oneself, depending on the reading level.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut for some readers, it can be more than an entertaining tale of slapstick comedy told in verse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with a rich vocabulary and syntax,  Different is Best avoids \"talking down\" to young kids and encourages contextual comprehension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDifferent is Best also helps children think in accessible terms about grown-up concepts like identity and presentation (affect).  Anybody who has witnessed a modern child's fascination with computers knows that children growing up in today's technological world are challenged in new ways.  In the Internet age, \"Who am I?\" is a question each young person asks as he or she begins to construct a digital, as well as \"real life,\" identity.  Eventually, a child wonders, \"How am I like others?  How am I myself?  How can I affect how others see me?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIFFERENT IS BEST demonstrates for the generations born into a world of digital communications how tricky it can be to be just the RIGHT amount of unique.","brand":"Karen Kolodenko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083979342064,"sku":"2940014750455","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014750455_p0.jpg?v=1763615246","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014750455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}