We're Different, We're the Same

Written by	Bobbi Jane Kates
Illustrator	Joe Mathieu
Published	1992
Publisher	Random House
Series	Please Read to Me
ISBN	0679832270

We're Different, We're the Same is a book stressing how people and Muppets may differ in size, shape, color, and other external details, but remain fundamentally the same. A series of pages contrast illustrated snapshots of different noses, mouth, hairstyles, and other features, followed by a page showing a mass of people enjoying similar activities.

In 2018, the Sesame Street YouTube channel posted a read-along video with Gordon reading the story, and featuring Elmo and Abby Cadabby. (YouTube) A celebrity read-along was published to the YouTube channel in 2022, featuring Zazie Beetz, Rosie Perez, Haim, Ava DuVernay, Jacob Batalon, Tamron Hall, Troy Kotsur, and Zahn McClarnon. (YouTube)

We're Different, We're the Same (Read Along Series)

read-along

Characters

• Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Herry Monster, Barkley, Farley, Telly Monster, Prairie Dawn, Rosita, Little Bird, Frazzle, Honkers, Twiddlebug, Sesame Street Monsters, Anything Muppets, Kids, Laurel and Hardy

Other editions

Reissue cover, with the additional subtitle "And We're All Wonderful!"

2017 reissue

2021 reissue
ISBN 978-0593378168

2022 Activity Book
ISBN 978-0593481196

Revisions

• The first cover had a few Anything Monsters clinging to or just below the placard with the book title. They were gone with the first reissue due to layout and design changes, although the one right below the title returned for the 2017 and 2021 covers.
• The 2017 cover replaced Rosita with a girl wearing a hijab.
• The 2021 cover added a kippah to the boy in the upper left.