• Age: 2 to 5
• Grade: p to 12

Forget about differences! Here’s a wonderful new concept book to explore and enjoy!

Marthe Jocelyn and Tom Slaughter team up again to deliver a delightfully simple book. Jocelyn’s marvelous concept — finding common characteristics in different creatures and objects — coupled with Slaughter’s masterful paper cuts makes Same Same a clever introduction to similarities, as well as a preface to modern art.

The duo’s previous titles have received numerous awards worldwide; from Japan to Denmark, from France to Mexico. Fashioned in the traditional and stunning style of the pair’s past books, Same Same is a wonderful addition to their already impressive library.

Marthe Jocelyn is the award-winning author and illustrator of over thirty-five books for babies, kids and teens. Her illustrated books have been shortlisted for both the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. In 2009 she was the recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. One Red Button and One Piece of String are the result of her lifelong obsession with scraps, and her delight in surprising the reader with unexpected details. Originally from Toronto, Marthe settled in Stratford, Ontario, after a thirtyyear stretch in New York. For more information, visit www.marthejocelyn.com.

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“… a book like this is an essential part of the very young child’s library.”
— Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
“Aside from the sheer energy and stylishness of art and design it displays, Same Same nudges kids to enjoy visual qualities in the world around them…. There's something energizing about the very vibrancy of both colour and concept here.”
— The Toronto Star

Same Same

Same Same is the reworked version of Marthe Jocelyn’s hardcover book (published in 2009) which allows children to explore common characteristics in different creatures and objects. The board book is shorter in length and smaller in its dimensions, perfect for those little hands of younger readers. Its sturdier construction also allows younger readers, whose finger dexterity is not sufficiently developed, to more easily turn pages. The seven pairs of facing pages each contain a linking component to the next set of illustrations — one of the three items reappears on the next page. Because the book has been shortened, the illustrations have been modified to ensure this link occurs from grouping to grouping.

Teamed with Tom Slaughter’s cut-paper artwork, this book makes a wonderful introduction to modern art and, as a concept book, it encourages children to enjoy the similarities in the world around them. As a mom and former teacher, I love this type of book because you can encourage children to find or think of other things that make music or fly, that are striped or red; children can draw them or paint them, find them in magazines or other books or act them out. Hours of fun can be had with this one simple book as a starting point.

Same Same

This duo team up again to deliver a delightfully simple book. Marthe Jocelyn’s marvellous concept — finding common characteristics in different creatures and objects — coupled with Tom Slaughter’s precise paper cuts makes this book a clever introduction to similarities, as well as a preface to modern art. Originally published in hardcover in 2009 by Tundra Books (Best Books for Kids & Teens 2010).

Athletes Same Same

This duo join forces once more to deliver a simple delight of a book. Jocelyn’s wonderful concept — finding common characteristics in different creatures and objects — partnered with Slaughter’s masterful cut-paper illustrations make this book a clever introduction to similarities, as well as a preface to modern art.