Sometimes we think being a certain way would change our lives for the better.

Our little chameleon’s life is perfectly designed for him.

A thought provoking story. ( )

Be true to yourself and you can eat as many flies as you like has to be one of the weirdest morals ever, but I'm still not impressed with this transforming lizard and its self-image issues. ( )

A trip and a half, this one. I greatly enjoyed it, though possibly not for the reasons one might expect. ( )

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Carle, E. (1998). The Mixed-up Chameleon. New York: HarperFestival.
This story teaches preschoolers that it is good to like the things that are different about themselves. As students are coming into school for the first time this is a great book to have when they struggle about being different. This is also a great book to teach about the different kind of animals you find at the zoo and why they have been designed to be a specific color. This book incorporates flaps to build a greater understanding of why the chameleon can’t have the pieces of other animals on his body.