KEY POINTS
● A picture book explores societal perceptions of ‘difference,’
which could be anything from skin color to disability or divergent
opinions.
● The author highlights a world that difference is recognized as
diversity‚ a society that respects minorities‚ and solidarity that
promotes courage.

One child who walks on walls lives in the ‘Ordinary Village’. Walking on
walls is considered too weird in this place. The child is at risk of being
trapped in the hat castle‚ just like other ‘strange children.’ In this village‚
adults confine strange children to the castle.
The child’s parents try to cure the strange behavior‚ but nothing works.
The child who will be trapped in the hat castle makes an important decision…