The book introduces us to Solomon. Solomon was born with two belly buttons. He thinks this is normal until his baby sister is born. He then finds out that having two belly buttons is not normal.
He asks the question, 'is having that extra belly button good or bad?'
Things look worse and worse until an unexpected encounter makes Solomon appreciate what it means to be a little bit different.
At first Solomon tries to donate his second belly button to the hopsital however the nurse turned him down by telling him that all the babies have been born with a belly button.
Next, he checked with his good friend Victor, a turtle, as he didnt have a belly button. They agreed for Victor to have his extra belly button, but after a little thought, Victor didnt want a belly button because he didnt want to be ridiculed for having a belly button when turtles dont have any.
Solomon went to the pool however everyone there had just one belly button. He then went to the local college and found a professor who specialises in buttons. But the professor didnt believe that Solomon could have two belly buttons and told him to run along home.
On his way home though, he ran into a famous movie director who asked him what's wrong. When Solomon told him that he had two belly buttons, the movie director called him special and asked if he could make a movie about him.
When Solomon went home. for the first time in a long time, he liked what he saw... his two belly buttons.
This book protrays the message of self-acceptance and that it is okay to be different. A very good book to introduce to children from a young age, to understand and comprehend the message. This may even put a stop to bullying within classrooms and students if read and taught right.
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