You are different from me, I am different from you!
The seven children in “Different Friends” each live different lives.
Jun-i likes to talk, but Eun-ha doesn't talk much, and Seol-gi likes to jump around, but Chan-i has a prosthetic leg and can't run fast.
However, ‘differences between us’ do not become the basis for discrimination or conflict.
Seol-gi, who is quiet, said, “I am quiet because I am shy.
“I’m not very good at speaking, but I like to draw,” he says, expressing his feelings beautifully. Chan-i, who has a disability in his legs, replies, “I walk a little slowly, but I’m more confident than anyone when it comes to swimming,” and swims happily.
Short Jun is good at hide-and-seek, and Seol-gi, who loves spiders, dreams of becoming a zoologist.
Jiwoo lives separately from her parents, but she has animal siblings. Minu has a wonderful heart that knows how to lend a hand to a friend with a disability, even though their skin color is different. Li Hyang, a Korean resident in Japan, happily goes to school, learning Korean songs and dances.
Unlike a world filled with adult prejudices, this book shows children, each different from the others, having fun and playing without prejudice.

Dreaming of a world where diversity coexists and where differences are acknowledged
Because people feel comfortable when they belong to the majority, they sometimes close their ears to minority voices and ignore or even hate the differences of others.
This book encourages us to listen to the stories of different people.
If you listen carefully to the story of why Eun-ha is silent and why Seol-gi finds a creepy spider cute, you will naturally realize that you and I are different, and that the differences between you and me have meaning and must be acknowledged.
And by borrowing the expression 'friend', we are saying that all people, whether similar to us or different from us, are our neighbors with whom we must live together.
In particular, by gradually expanding the scope of differences to include personality, appearance, tastes, disabilities, family types, and race, we have structured the curriculum so that children can easily understand social issues such as multicultural families and disabilities.
I hope that through this book, children will experience 'putting themselves in someone else's shoes' and grow up to be wiser.