I Like to Be Little
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1966

I Like to Be Little

Written by Charlotte Zolotow · Illustrated by Erik Blegvad

A girl cherishes childhood joys adults overlook.

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32 pages· 410L
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A little girl treasures the simple joys of being young, like going barefoot and watching rain. Her mother asks about growing up, but she knows there's time for that later. What childhood wonders will she discover next?

From the publisher

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” a mother asks her little girl. “I just want to be little right now, “ the girl replies. Being little, she knows, means being able to do things grown-ups don’t do. It means going barefoot in summertime, eating snow when it first falls, dressing up on Halloween, or just spending a dreamy afternoon watching the rain run down a windowpane. The little girl knows there will be plenty of time to be a grown-up…someday.

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
410L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~2.8
F&P level
~L
Publication
Published
September 30, 1990
First published
January 1, 1966
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780064432481
LCCN
83045056
OCLC
35304561

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