荒れた、荒れた風が吹いている日。そんな日に、ライオン、鳥、ワニ、キリン、ヘビ、象が暗い洞くつに集まり、避難をする事にします。みんな違った姿をしてるので、互いの事を変だといい、嫌います。荒れた、荒れた風が吹いているので、互いの事が嫌いにもかかわらず、洞くつの中に一緒に居なければいけません。その洞くつに最後に現れた猿が、「違う事は素晴らしい」という事をみんなに伝えます。
この本は、世界平和と社会的平等のアイデアでジェーン・アダムズ児童書賞を受賞しました。
A lion, a bird, a crocodile, a giraffe, a snake and an elephant come together in a dark cave. They seek safety from the wild, wild wind. They do not like each other because they all look so different. As long as the wild, wild wind is blowing, they have to stay together, whether they like it or not. The last one to come into the cave is the monkey. He is the only one who thinks: “Being different is wonderful.”
The book won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for the idea of world peace and social equality.
A lion, a bird, a crocodile, a giraffe, a snake and an elephant come together in a dark cave. They seek safety from the wild, wild wind. They do not like each other because they all look so different. As long as the wild, wild wind is blowing, they have to stay together, whether they like it or not. The last one to come into the cave is the monkey. He is the only one who thinks: “Being different is wonderful.”
The book won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for the idea of world peace and social equality.
