This book is for talking with students about how to treat others that may learn differently than you. This book says that you may be good in math but not reading or the other way around, so kids should understand that when you know the answer but the person next to you doesn't, maybe it's because they are better in another area that you might not be good at. The book teaches children that it is ok to ask for help, when you ask for help it means you know what areas are your weakest and therefore they are easier to fix.
I actually used this book as a read-aloud for my seminar class and that is the same format I would introduce this book to my students in the future. My teacher that I am paired with wanted me to find a book that taught the kids to no longer pick on students that leave the classroom for specialized attention. One quote that stood out to me from doing this was a little boy in my group that said "ya 'cause even though someone gets pulled out of the class, it does not mean they are dumb, they just learn differently and they may even be smarter than the class, you never know." I really enjoyed that because it showed that the read-aloud worked with that small group to teach them not to judge others for being different.
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