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Olaf is dismayed to discover that the snowgies are not interested in his warm hugs, but Anna and Elsa explain that differences makes things fun and interesting.

When they were caterpillars, Moth and Butterfly were very similar but as they undergo metamorphosis, everything changes except their friendship.

A sloth and a jaguar compare their preferred speeds and try to move at the other's speed, but eventually agree that their own speeds suit them best.

In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, the author described growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn't exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents won him jobs with toy makers and rock bands but did little to endear him to authority figures and classmates, who were put off by his inclination to blurt out non sequiturs and avoid eye contact. By the time he was diagnosed at age forty, he had already...

"Dupont University - the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition... Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a wide-eyed, bookish freshman from a strict, devout, poor and poorly educated family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. But Charlotte soon learns, to her mounting dismay, that for the uppercrust coeds of Dupont, sex,...

A boy and a robot strike up a friendship despite their differences.

""A modern coming-of-age full of love, desperation, heartache, and magic" (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) about "the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect" (Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author). Perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Thirty Names of Night"--

But what if your dragon is sad because he is different than his friends? What if he feel bad that his skin is red, and is not like any of his friends? What if he’s worried that none of his friend has wings, tails and scales like him? What if he’s so nervous because he’s different? What should you do? You teach him about diversity! -- Amazon.com

Sharon Winslow is artistic, wealthy, socially prominent-and determined to remain single. A devastating loss has led her to believe that marriage is not for her. Then she meets Temple Smith, a man who appears as uncultured as he is poor. His motorcycle and worn attire give him a certain rough charm, but what could a woman of her stature and talent find in such a man? Her hopeless attraction to him vies with her concern that he is only after her money....

Dave the Grizzly bear lives in the shadow of his big brother, and even when he finds his own talent he is worried that the other woodland animals will laugh at him--until he finds the courage to show them all what he can do.