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For just one day, I’d like to be a busy, buzzing bumble . . . BEE!
What child hasn't pretended to be a monkey, a bear, or a bumblebee? After imagining the fun of transforming into a variety of animals from around the world, a sweet ending reminds little ones that the very best thing they can be is exactly who they are.
Nominated for a Building Block Award from the Missouri Library Association
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781452113050
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781452113050
- File size: 7383 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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October 26, 2009
Schoolchildren imagine themselves as chimps, whales and butterflies in this fantasy. The layout builds suspense, with ellipses preceding each page turn: “If I could have a spiky spine/ I'd get to be a.../ porcupine!” thinks a girl as she brushes her unruly hair and then, in animal form, has luxurious spines combed by a patient bunny. The children's choices sometimes improve their lives, as when a nerdy boy walks past two teasing kids: “For just one day, if I could dare,/ I'd be a growling grizzly.../ bear! I'd give my brother quite a scare,/ if I could be a grizzly bear.” (As a bear, he cups the bullies—who have turned into mice—in his paw.) Evoking 1970s illustration, Boutavant's (All Kinds of Families!
) eccentric digital art features lithographs' grainy textures, fine lines and saturated colors; his doe-eyed, bobble-headed characters resemble the kids from the “Love Is...” comic. Leuck (I Love My Pirate Papa
) crafts bubbly if predictable verse; a mirror on the final page helps salvage a wordy conclusion about preferring “to be/ that special someone, that is.../ me!” Up to age 4. -
January 1, 2010
Children imagine themselves "for just one day" as bunnies, bears, and porcupines, among other creatures. The brief rhyming text in this game of let's-pretend is sprightly: "Or maybe I'll just flutter by / and be a monarch... / butterfly!" Whimsical retro pictures show kiddos with clothes or features that mildly resemble the animal they wish to be.(Copyright 2010 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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