I Like to Be Little
by Charlotte Zolotow
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A little girl, answering her mother's question about why she likes to be little, describes some of the special pleasures of being a child.Tags
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This book is about a little girl who enjoys being little. Her mom wants to know that she would like to be when she grows up but the little girl says she doesn't want to grow up. The little girl tells her mother how much she likes being a kid and tells about all the things she enjoys that grown-ups don't do.
This book would be a good book to read to children to let them see that being a kid is fun. Many children want to grow up too fast, this book may let them see how much fun they have as a child.
This book would be a good book to read to children to let them see that being a kid is fun. Many children want to grow up too fast, this book may let them see how much fun they have as a child.
This book is a cute book about growing up. The story is of a little girl who wants to stay little. She explains to her mom all of the things that young children can do that grown-ups cannot do. Sometimes children want to grow up to fast and act older than they are. This would be a good group read to remind all the students that being a kid is fun and they should enjoy it while it last.
This book is about a little girl who likes being little because she enjoys doing things that grown ups cannot do or do not like to do, such as dress up for Halloween, color with crayons, play in the leaves, go barefoot in the summertime, and have the ice cream man know her name. She appreciates the small things in life that make being little fun. She does not want to grow up but she enjoys having her mom tuck her in and dreaming of growing up to be like her mom.
When a mother asks her daughter what she wants to be when she grows up, the little girl says she wants to stay little forever. The little girl says little kids can do things grown-ups can't do. She likes being little because of the things little kids can do. This story is good for any grade. It shows children that growing up is not always a bad thing.
This picture book was a great example of realistic fiction because the plot and characters were believable. The main character in the story is a little girl. The book starts with the mother asking her daughter what she wants to be when she grows up. The girl tells her mother she doesn't want to grow up. In this book the little girl tells her mother reasons why she wants to stay little. She has many different reasons and you get to hear her mother's responses to all of her reasons. At the end the little girl tells her mother the last reason why she wants to stay little and that is so she can think about growing up. Once you are an adult you are already grown up.
The author of this book uses a lot of repetition. The phrase “that’s why show more I like being little” is repeted on every page that the girl givens a reason from staying little.
The illustrations of this book are done in watercolors.
It is a good book for K-2 Grades. www.charlottezolotow.com show less
The author of this book uses a lot of repetition. The phrase “that’s why show more I like being little” is repeted on every page that the girl givens a reason from staying little.
The illustrations of this book are done in watercolors.
It is a good book for K-2 Grades. www.charlottezolotow.com show less
This picture book was a great example of realistic fiction because the plot and characters were believable. The characters were fictional but you felt like they could be people you knew. The main character in the story is a little girl. She is a static but round character. Through the book you get to know her and her thoughts and opinions but she does not change in the story. She acts and thinks the same way throughout the story. The book starts with the mother asking her daughter what she wants to be when she grows up. The girl tells her mother she doesn't want to. In this book the little girl tells her mother reasons why she wants to stay little. She has many different reasons and you get to hear her mother's responses to all of her show more reasons. At the end the little girl tells her mother the last reason why she wants to stay little and that is so she can think about growing up. Once you are an adult you are already grown up.
The author of this book uses a lot of repetition. The phrase “that’s why I like being little” is repeted on every page that the girl givens a reason from staying little.
The illustrations of this book are done in watercolors.
Age Appropriateness: Primary show less
The author of this book uses a lot of repetition. The phrase “that’s why I like being little” is repeted on every page that the girl givens a reason from staying little.
The illustrations of this book are done in watercolors.
Age Appropriateness: Primary show less
Ages:3-5
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This book is about a young girl who shares all the things she enjoys about being young and little. She shares her ideas of what is fun to do that sometimes adults don’t enjoy.
Pierce ECE
This book is about a young girl who shares all the things she enjoys about being young and little. She shares her ideas of what is fun to do that sometimes adults don’t enjoy.
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Charlotte Zolotow was born Charlotte Gertrude Shapiro on June 26, 1915 in Norfolk, Virginia. She studied at the University of Wisconsin, where she took classes in art, writing and child psychology. She began her publishing career in New York, in the adult trade-book division of what is now known as HarperCollins, but eventually took a job in the show more children's division. As an editor, she presided over her own imprint, Charlotte Zolotow Books. She was named publisher emerita at HarperCollins in 1991. Her first picture book, The Park Book, was published in 1944. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 90 children's books including Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, My Grandson Lew, William's Doll, The Hating Book, and The Seashore Book. In 1998, the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison's School of Education established the Charlotte Zolotow Award, which is an American literary award presented annually for outstanding picture book writing published in the United States in the preceding year. Zolotow died on November 19, 2013 at the age of 98. show less
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- Original title
- I Like to be Little
- Original publication date
- 1966
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