Someone Like Me
Katherine Valentine
First published 2018 • Text © Katherine Valentine • Illustrations © Katherine Valentine • The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted • This book has been typeset in Bath• Printed in Bath • All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording without prior written permission from the publisher • British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library • ISBN 978-1-2345-6789-0 • www.bathspa.ac.uk
Someone Like Me
by
Katherine Valentine
I am different. I want to find someone like me so I will not be alone.
Excuse me, how are you walking on the squashy floor . I have big flat feet that stop me sinking. So do you.
Thank you. Have you seen anyone like me ? No. Maybe there is someone like you in the city.
Thank you stopping me drowning. That is okay.
Do your ears help you swim ?
No, they just look rad. Yours look rad too.
Are you okay? You can fly over the mountains with your wings, like me.
I am a little bit confused. How do I get past these tall mountains?
Hello there, do you know the way to my home? I do not but you should follow your tail. I have not met anyone like me, but I am ready to go home. Tails are good for swatting ies too.
I am unique. I am glad to be me.
“I am different. I will go find someone like me so I am not alone.” They go on a journey to find someone like them and along the way meet creatures that show them they aren’t alone, and maybe being unique isn’t such a bad thing all.