Status
Available
Local notes
E Kal
Collection
Genres
Publication
Viking Books for Young Readers (1993), 400 pages
Description
Interwoven with memories of her own childhood, the author describes many jobs that may be appealing when children are asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Awards
CCBC Choices (1993)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (11th Edition: 1993-1995)
Language
Original language
English
User reviews
LibraryThing member juniperSun
Each 2-page spread (words 1 side, picture opposite) describes what people with many different jobs and abilities are doing, all linked with "the day you" were born". Imaginative, very descriptive, involving many senses and emotions, different actions. e.g. what an astronomer was thinking as she
What I liked: the words ending one page lead into a new event on the next.
What I didn't: the lives described were irrelevant/uninteresting to the young people of my acquaintance. The sentences were rambling and difficult to read.
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looks at the stars, and yet has connections with the mundane world.What I liked: the words ending one page lead into a new event on the next.
What I didn't: the lives described were irrelevant/uninteresting to the young people of my acquaintance. The sentences were rambling and difficult to read.
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