I Want to Be
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Book Overview
'What do you want to be? a young girl is asked. Her answer is full of the soaring imagination and daring of youth: I want to be in motion but I want the ants in my pants to sometimes take a vacation. Sometimes I want to be slow but not so slow that everything passes me by. Poet Thylias Moss's extraordinary images are brought to life with Jerry Pinkney's equally extraordinary illustrations.'Exhilirating, verbally and visually; the very essence of youthful energy and summertime freedom.' ? Kirkus Reviews
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803712863
ISBN13:9780803712867
Release Date:September 1993
Publisher:Dial Books
Length:1 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.8" x 11.9"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
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A Touching Story for Children of all Ages
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Have you ever read a children's book, and wondered, "Wow, I wish that I would have read this when I was a child?" That is exactly how I felt after reading "I Want to Be." The book had a similar impact on my students. My first grade class asks me to read this book all of the time! "I Want to Be" has inspired the students to write about "what they want to be." This book does a wonderful job of allowing children to express their creativity, yet very realistically. This is a fascinating story with beautiful illustrations. The narrator, a young child, states, "I want to be pretty, but not so pretty...." and, "I want to be tall, but not too tall..." Children love reading books that can relate directly to their lives and dreams.
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