All Kinds of Kids

My niece flipped straight to the page with the kids who look different from her and asked why — that turned into a whole talk about how everyone's the same underneath. Paul Meisel's illustrations are bright without being babyish, which matters since she's seven and thinks she's too old for picture b

The signatures from both Michael Sampson and Paul Meisel are a lovely touch, they're clearly real pen ink on the title page. My niece picked this as her bedtime book three nights running, and the message about differences lands without feeling preachy.