It's Hard to Be Different and Not Easy to Be Small by Patty Fleckenstein
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About the Book

This is not just one story. It is a book about everyone and for everyone. Specifically, it is for anyone who has ever felt unfit, unworthy, or unwelcome, which is likely each of us in our journeys of life. It is a series of vignettes held together by the common purpose of celebrating diversity. In some way it relates to every life story.

This is a book of healing and hope, of tolerance, of kindness, of personal reflection, of beliefs and ethics, of how we conduct ourselves. Written in engaging verse and colorfully illustrated, it shows the gamut of our differences by age, race, gender, size, by disability, or not. There are homeless people, two mommies, two daddies, elderly, people in wheelchairs, bald children, tiny children, skinny people, fat people, adolescents. There are examples of people who might be judged based on their appearances such as with crutches, or wheelchairs, or clothes to work in the fields, or just obvious differences from ourselves. The story in this book is in our own thoughts and reflections on our own lives. How do we treat others?

Early in the book, the scenes offer problematic situations where adults are unconcerned, even callous, about children's actions and circumstances. The adults, themselves, don't model good behavior. Clearly children are marginalized for being too small or too inexperienced. Those who can help, aren't.

Later in the narrative, there is some repetition of scenes to show the improvement for everyone when we support each other. How we respond to each other, to animals, to our environment, all become deeds of our lives. That we are all capable of living peacefully in a diverse world, is demonstrated as the narrative comes to a serene conclusion.

This book promotes discussions of social conscience and character through descriptions and illustrations of commonplace situations. Scenes are set in homes, parks, playgrounds, ski slopes, a lake shore. The narrative and illustrations can be considered piecemeal or in the entirety depending on the intent of the presentation and the age of the reader. The content is rich with prompts for reflective, writing exercises.

We all matter more when we all matter more.
About the Author: With backgrounds in writing, teaching, and farming, Kathleen brings a varied background to each writing project. She has written poetry, advertising, a newspaper column, and features for independent living/agricultural magazines. As a former reading teacher, Kathleen endeavors to make children's books thematically rich to engender discussion and character development. Kathleen is also the author/publisher of an adult novel dedicated to contemporary migrant workers entitled, Another Day, Otro Día published in July 2015. Themes of grief, loss, and empowerment were presented in her second book, The Macaroni Necklace and The Pink Panda Bear, A Story About Saying Goodbye written and published by Kathleen in 2017. The current book project, It's Hard To Be Different and Not Easy To Be Small...., is the second collaboration for Kathleen and her cousin, Patty Fleckenstein, as the illustrator. The guiding principle for Kathleen's writing is to publish books for a positive difference in ourselves, each other, and our world.Patty has lived by and with her art throughout her life. With an eclectic approach to visual arts, she is comfortable working in water colors, acrylics, oils, as well as pen and ink sketching. Patty's work includes the full gamut of painting genres. Expressions of her art are seen in her commercial and creative work, both of which garner attention on social media and marketing sites. Her drawings for this project exemplify how illustrations are key to bringing the written word to life. This particular children's book offered a unique opportunity for a second collaboration with her cousin, Kathleen, as the author.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780996408837
  • Publisher: Bookbaby
  • Publisher Imprint: Bookbaby
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 40
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 277 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0996408835
  • Publisher Date: 25 Mar 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Children's Book to Share with Adults in Celebration of Diversity
  • Width: 211 mm


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