Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel

The more children's books I read, the more the feeling of sitting and learning my first life lessons come back to me. Bob and Otto is no exception. Two friends, one an earthworm and the other a caterpillar learn than even though they may look different, they are both still equally important and necessary to each other. What a wonderful lesson that is and what adult still doesn't grapple with that same issue throughout their life?

Bob and Otto spend all their days together doing the same things until Bob decides to climb up a tree to see the view. He stays up there munching on leaves while Otto burrows under the ground making tunnels. Eventually, Bob turns into a beautiful caterpillar and goes down to see what Otto is up to. Otto feels bad because he doesn't have wings like Bob. But Bob reminds him that without Otto's work underground, the trees and leaves wouldn't grow for Bob to eat and he wouldn't have his beautiful wings. They need each other and they are both important even though they don't look the same anymore.