Rhyming text celebrates the racial rainbow, without which the world would be so much less interesting and wonderful.
Some people are tall, some are short.
People want different things for their birthdays. Each page simply and sensitively explores some of the aspects of human existence that make each person special. Every night, his mama tells him the story about when they adopted him, but Horace always falls asleep before she gets to the end. When Horace decides to run away to find a family who looks like him, he realizes how much he misses his mother and father. That night, Horace listens to Mama tell the story again.